Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc was slightly ahead but still short of a majority in Tuesday’s election, with more than three-quarters of the vote counted. (EPA Images pic) JERUSALEM: Results from Israel's hard-fought election pointed Wednesday to no clear winner as a leader of the Arab minority appealed to a hesitant opposition to join forces to end the divisive reign of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
With more than three-quarters of the vote counted, Netanyahu's right-wing bloc was slightly ahead but still short of a majority in Tuesday's election, the first since the Oct 7, 2023 attack, which has led Israel to wage war in Gaza and across the region.
Both Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister who is allied with far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, and Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief leading a broad opposition bloc, vowed that they would seek to form the next government.
