Exit polls: Gadi Eisenkot's bloc, an opponent of Benjamin Netanyahu, is leading in the Israeli parliamentary elections Israeli television channels have published the results of the exit polls for the Knesset elections. According to them, the bloc of former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot is ahead of the bloc of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to exit polls by Cannes and Channel 13, Eisenkot's bloc wins 53 seats in the Knesset; The Channel 12 exit poll gives him 52 mandates. Netanyahu's bloc, according to exit polls from all three channels, will receive 50 mandates. Arab parties that were not included in any of these blocs could get 17-18 seats. The largest party is Netanyahu's Likud. According to exit polls, she wins 24-25 mandates in the Knesset. In second place is Eisenkot's "Straight" - from 21 to 23 places. The official election results have not yet been published. By 20:00 local time (two hours before the polls closed), the voter turnout was 74.3%, the highest since 1988.

Exit polls: Gadi Eisenkot's bloc, an opponent of Benjamin Netanyahu, is leading in the Israeli parliamentary elections Israeli television channels have published the results of the exit polls for the Knesset elections. According to them, the bloc of former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot is ahead of the bloc of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to exit polls by Cannes and Channel 13, Eisenkot's bloc wins 53 seats in the Knesset; The Channel 12 exit poll gives him 52 mandates. Netanyahu's bloc, according to exit polls from all three channels, will receive 50 mandates. Arab parties that were not included in any of these blocs could get 17-18 seats. The largest party is Netanyahu's Likud. According to exit polls, she wins 24-25 mandates in the Knesset. In second place is Eisenkot's "Straight" - from 21 to 23 places. The official election results have not yet been published. By 20:00 local time (two hours before the polls closed), the voter turnout was 74.3%, the highest since 1988.