'We lost 10 seats': Netanyahu struggles to find campaign strategy as Likud slips in polls – report

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly expressed concern in private conversations about Likud's decline in recent polls, stating, "We lost 10 seats; I don't know how to get them back." According to a Kan News report on Wednesday, Netanyahu is struggling to formulate a campaign strategy and believes Likud is headed for a loss in the upcoming election unless the situation changes. He reportedly distrusts favorable polls, believing the reality is worse. Likud dismissed the report as "fake news." This concern follows the launch of Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter's 'People of Israel' party, which polls suggest could gain five seats, potentially pushing the Religious Zionist Party below the electoral threshold. Winter launched his party on Tuesday, positioning it as a new generation's alternative to current leadership, with Arab-Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad as its second candidate.