US intelligence suggests a similar number of Hamas terrorists have been killed since the start of the Isarel-Hamas war, and that most of the new recruits are young and untrained.
Early next week, Emily Damari, Doron Steinbracher, and Romi Gonen, the three hostages released last week, are expected to be discharged to their homes.
The elections were not for the Knesset, which did not exist yet, but for the Constituent Assembly, a body tasked with formulating a constitution for the emerging state.