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A resident of Kibbutz Be’eri poses for a photograph showing a tattoo on his arm reading '7.10.2023,' the date of the October 7 Hamas massacre, at Kibbutz Be’eri near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, just days before the third anniversary of the attack, October 4, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

BE’ERI (Reuters) — Gal Cohen walks along a memorial wall engraved with the names of the men, women and children slain in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on his kibbutz. For him, the idea that the man leading Israel, then and since, may be re-elected on Tuesday is painful.

One-in-ten residents of his kibbutz, Be’eri, were among the 1,200 people killed in Hamas’ surprise attack. Dozens were among the 251 taken hostage to Gaza. It was Israel’s deadliest single day.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should have taken responsibility and stepped down, said Cohen, 61, and the fact that he has fulfilled a full term in office is a slap in the face.…