Preliminary results of the Israeli elections after counting about 66 percent of the votes, according to Channel 12: 54 mandates for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp, compared to 48 for the Change Bloc led by the leader of the Ishr Party Gadi Eisenkot and 18 for the Arab parties. Likud leads with 27 mandates, followed directly by 21, then the joint Arab list with 12. The Netanyahu camp needs 7 more mandates to reach the majority needed to form the government. Eisenkot pledged to form an "Israeli government", without explaining how this would be achieved without the participation of Arab parties. The results are not final as the remaining votes continue to be counted.

Preliminary results of the Israeli elections after counting about 66 percent of the votes, according to Channel 12: 54 mandates for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp, compared to 48 for the Change Bloc led by the leader of the Ishr Party Gadi Eisenkot and 18 for the Arab parties. Likud leads with 27 mandates, followed directly by 21, then the joint Arab list with 12. The Netanyahu camp needs 7 more mandates to reach the majority needed to form the government. Eisenkot pledged to form an "Israeli government", without explaining how this would be achieved without the participation of Arab parties. The results are not final as the remaining votes continue to be counted.