Based on the initial results of the parliamentary elections in Israel, with 85.6% of the votes counted, none of the coalitions supporting and opposing Benjamin Netanyahu reached a parliamentary majority. Only the votes of the two packages remain to be counted. These votes belong to people such as soldiers, diplomats and hospitalized patients who cannot vote in their designated electoral district. Israel's Central Election Commission announced that in this year's elections between 430,000 and 480,000 votes were cast in a two-part system. An interview with Babak Yashgi, Iran's international correspondent.