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- Deir al-Balah voting used wooden ballot boxes and blue vaccination-campaign ink after Israel blocked supplies.
- Around 70,000 voters cast ballots, a 15 % turnout, saying they came to secure water, roads and electricity.
- President Mahmoud Abbas required acceptance of the PLO program that recognizes Israel and renounces struggle, while Hamas fielded no candidates.
- The vote aims to back a transition in U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point plan, which has not progressed.
