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Israel: First exit polls show no clear winner, Arab parties make gains

France 2427 October 2026, 21:41 UTCIsrael

Exit polls on Tuesday showed that the opposition bloc led by Israeli opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot gained a narrow edge over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud bloc in the Knesset. Likud, however, was projected to be the largest single party in the Israeli parliament.

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