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Gadi Eisenkot

  1. Follow-up: Israel's vote count shows deadlock between the two blocs as Netanyahu and Eisenkot both claim the right to form a government

    Israel held parliamentary elections on Tuesday, Oct 27, and counting continued on Wednesday. Reuters reported that exit polls by Kan 11 and Channel 13 gave each bloc 51 seats, while Channel 12 showed Netanyahu's bloc narrowly ahead by 52 to 49, all short of the 61 needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Netanyahu called for a 'strong right-wing national government' and said a government with Arab parties would be 'shameful', while Yashar party leader and former military chief of staff Eisenkot said voters had rejected Netanyahu and told him to quit politics. The Central Elections Committee put turnout at 77.7%, the highest since 1999, with about 5.7 million of some 7.3 million eligible voters casting ballots. On prediction market Polymarket, the implied chance of Netanyahu being the next prime minister rose from 26% to 46% in a day.

    Oct 28, 2026 Afternoon
  2. Follow-up: Israel election exit polls show no clear winner; anti-Netanyahu bloc leads with 52 seats, Likud stays largest party

    Israel held parliamentary elections on Tuesday, Oct 27, with polls closing at 10pm local time. A Channel 12 exit poll projected 52 seats for the bloc of Jewish parties opposed to Netanyahu and 50 for Netanyahu's bloc, both short of the 61 needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Netanyahu's Likud was projected to win 24 seats and remain the largest party, while the Yashar party led by former military chief of staff Eisenkot was projected to win 22. Arab parties were projected to win 17-18 seats combined, up from 10 in the 2022 election. Turnout was 74.3% as of 8pm, against 70.63% in 2022; preliminary results are due on Wednesday and official results on Nov 4.

    Oct 28, 2026 Morning
  3. Follow-up: EU condemns settler attack on diplomats' convoy; Netanyahu unveils security platform before election

    On Oct 17 Israeli settlers attacked a European diplomats' convoy in the West Bank and assaulted a visiting French mayor. The EU External Action Service on Oct 18 'strongly condemned' the attack, demanded accountability, effective measures against violence toward Palestinians (including during the olive harvest) and journalists, and an end to settlement expansion; the New York Times reported US officials also condemned West Bank attacks. About a week before the Oct 27 election, Netanyahu released his first national security platform in about a decade, favouring pre-emptive strikes and wider buffer zones; the opposition called it 'shallow'. An Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation poll on Oct 18 showed Netanyahu's bloc down two seats versus an opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot. The same day, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was forced off stage by protesters at a Tel Aviv university event.

    Oct 19, 2026 Afternoon