🔻 The Central Election Commission in Israel announced in its latest announcement that more than 1.6 million votes were counted in the Knesset elections.
Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party remained in the lead with 22.24 percent of the votes counted, according to official statistics updated at 4:47 am local time. This number was 36.23% in the previous update.
The Ishar party led by Gadi Eisenkot is in next place with 41.15% of the votes. This party had 74.15 percent of the votes in the previous update.
The joint list (consisting of Westerners and Jews) rose to third place with 28.8 percent of the vote, narrowly defeating the Unity Party led by Naftali Bennett, which won 22.8 percent of the vote.
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