Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party is leading in the Knesset (parliament) elections, according to an exit poll conducted by the state television channel Kaan-11, published after the polls closed. Their data shows that Netanyahu's party will gain 25 seats in the 120-seat parliament. His main opponent in the opposition, Gadi Eisenkot, together with his party Isr, is in second place with 21 mandates. At the same time, the opposition bloc surpasses the coalition of parties that is currently in power. According to the CAN-11 poll, the opposition will have a total of 53 mandates, compared to 50 for the Netanyahu bloc. Participation in the elections reached 77.7%, the highest figure since 1999, according to Channel 12.