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Palestinians in Gaza vote in first election in 20 years

Headline from UPI, from the development of Apr 25, 2026

Newest development Apr 26, 2026 · 2 reportsPalestinian leader's loyalists win local elections, including some seats in Gaza

Palestinians in Gaza held an election for the first time in 20 years as municipal elections were held there and in the West Bank on Saturday.

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    Palestinians in Gaza vote in first election in 20 years

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    Palestinian leader's loyalists win local elections, including some seats in Gaza

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  1. Christian Science Monitor

    In Gaza, rare elections put hope, and talk of Palestinian unity, on the ballot (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Municipal elections are being held Saturday in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, coinciding with voting in the West Bank. It’s the first time since 2005 that Gazans are able to vote. Water and sanitation are on the ballot, as is, symbolically, Palestinian national unity.

  2. Al-Monitor

    Palestinian local elections give some Gazans a chance to vote for the first time in years (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali SawaftaCAIRO/RAMALLAH, April 25 (Reuters) - Palestinians were voting in local elections on Saturday that include Gaza for the first time in two decades and will gauge the political mood at a time when Israel's government is seeking to destroy any future for a Palestinian…

  3. NBC News

    Local elections in the West Bank and part of Gaza could test public trust (opens NBC News)

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    With city offices damaged by Israeli airstrikes, Palestinians lined up outside polls in tents and donated buildings to vote in the first elections held in part of Gaza in more than two decades.

  4. Al-Monitor

    Palestinians vote in first elections since Gaza war (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza began voting Saturday in municipal elections in a first vote since the Gaza war, marked by a narrow political field and widespread disillusionment.Nearly 1.

  5. Al Jazeera

    Joy and desire for change as Gaza’s Deir el-Balah holds elections (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Deir el-Balah residents vote for first time since 2006 despite destruction, displacement and genocide.

  6. Seattle Times

    Palestinians vote in local elections in West Bank and part of Gaza (opens Seattle Times)

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    Palestinians have voted in local elections, the first in two decades in Gaza and the first in the Israeli occupied West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza.

  7. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Gaza holds first elections in 20 years amid stalled ceasefire process – but only in one city (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, Abeer Salman, Oren Liebermann, CNN Deir al-Balah, Gaza/Jerusalem (CNN) — Gaza held its first elections in more than 20 years on Saturday – but only in one city for a small fraction of the shattered territory’s population – amid a stalled process to advance the US-brokered cea…

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Palestinians vote in municipal elections in Gaza, West Bank (opens Deutsche Welle)

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  9. Al Jazeera

    Gaza area votes in first municipal election in 20 years (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Gaza officials say Deir el-Balah vote is a ‘pilot’, while occupied West Bank also goes to first polls since 2023 war.

  10. Al Jazeera

    Elections without sovereignty: What Palestine’s local vote represents (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The elections offer participation without power, revealing how occupation shapes and limits Palestinian political life.

  11. UPI

    Palestinians in Gaza vote in first election in 20 years (opens UPI)

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    Palestinians in Gaza held an election for the first time in 20 years as municipal elections were held there and in the West Bank on Saturday.

  12. Al-Monitor

    Palestinian leader's loyalists win local elections, including some seats in Gaza (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali SawaftaCAIRO/WEST BANK, April 26 (Reuters) - Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip run by rival …

  13. Al Jazeera

    Abbas loyalists sweep Palestinian elections, including some seats in Gaza (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Voter turnout in Gaza remained low due to the ongoing impact of the genocide.

  14. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Palestinians vote in local elections (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Palestinians voted on Saturday in the first elections held in part of Gaza in more than two decades, while tens of thousands of Palestinians cast ballots in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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