Residents of Palestine to vote in first elections since

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Palestinians in the Israel-occupied West Bank and a central area of besieged Gaza are heading to the polls for municipal elections in a first vote since Israel's genocide in Gaza, marked by a narrow political field and widespread disillusionment. Nearly 1.5 million people are registered to vote in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, as well as 70,000 people in Gaza's Deir el-Balah