The Israeli parliament convenes for its first session.
During the Knesset session, 120 deputies will be sworn in.
These are 46 new people's representatives and 74 members of parliament who were re-elected for another term. President Yitzhak Herzog arrived at the ceremony accompanied by an honor guard. The head of state, according to tradition, struck the parliament podium three times with a special hammer and gave the signal for the start of the first plenary session of the new parliament.
On October 27, parliamentary elections were held in Israel. According to the voting results, the Likud party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won first place with 27 seats. In second place is the leading opposition party headed by Gadi Eisenkot with 21 seats. On November 8, the president ordered him to form a new government based on consultation with the representatives of the parties that entered the Knesset.