Netanyahu to run again for Israel’s PM

Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election this year, his party announced on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump said ​he wasn’t sure if the Israeli prime minister would stand again, Reuters writes.

Earlier, ABC ​News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl posted on X that Trump had ​told him he did not know if Netanyahu would stand.

“I don’t ⁠know, he’s had an amazing career. Does he want to continue?” the journalist ​quoted Trump as saying.

The Israeli election will be the first since the October 7, ​2023 Hamas attack, the country’s worst security failure, which precipitated Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip.