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With nearly all ballots counted, Netanyahu's bloc is projected at 53 seats against 48 for Eisenkot's, and a bereaved father told Reuters he will keep pressing for a state inquiry into October 7.
Exit polls after Israel's record-turnout vote suggest neither Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot's opposition has a majority, with Arab-majority parties reported to be making strong gains, according to Euronews and France 24.
Israel holds its first national election since Hamas' 7 October 2023 attack on 27 October, widely seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot in a race shaped by the war with Iran.