On Israeli kibbutz, October 7 tears at leftist heritage

Danny Rahamim pauses for a few moments as he thinks about his neighbours here on an Israeli kibbutz just a few hundred metres from Gaza.

"I'm probably the most left-wing person here," he said.

If that was true before October 7, 2023, when Hamas fighters stormed the border and carried out their unprecedented attack, it is even more true today, as Israel readies to vote in its first election since the country's deadliest ever day.