Israel Elections
Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, waves an Israeli flag after the release of the first exit poll results in Israel's general election in Tel Aviv, Israel, early Wednesday , Oct. 28, 2026.
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Votes were being counted as dawn broke in Israel on Wednesday morning, but exit polls suggested that its momentous national election left no clear winner. That likely meant the beginning of weeks of wrangling among parties to form a governing coalition and declare a leader. Exit polls released by major Israeli TV stations right after polls closed on Tuesday night and revised overnight indicated that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political bloc nor that of his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, secured the 61 seats needed for a majority in the parliament, known as the Knesset.
