Israel election challenger gets extra security after threats

Israel's parliament on Sunday beefed up the security detail protecting Benny Gantz, the main electoral challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after deeming various death threats against Gantz to be credible. The threats came in the wake of last week's volatile and inconclusive election, in which Netanyahu was unable to capture the parliamentary majority needed to form a government. Gantz revealed that a man tried to assault him Saturday evening as he arrived at a speaking engagement, and that Netanyahu supporters have been threatening him online.

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