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The German federal polls have closed, and the exit polls appear to have handed the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a victory.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephonic conversation with Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz and congratulated him on his party's victory in the German elections.

Congratulatory messages and reactions have begun to trickle in as Friedrich Merz and the centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CSU) alliance coast to victory in the German election held on Sunday.

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