Israeli exit polls suggest no clear winner with Eisenkot's bloc just ahead of Netanyahu
Exit polls from Israel's election show no clear winner, with Gadi Eisenkot's bloc narrowly ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu's camp and neither side near the sixty one seats needed to govern.
Exit polls from Tuesday's election in Israel point to a deadlocked result, with no bloc on course for a governing majority.
The bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is projected to win fifty two seats, just ahead of the fifty seats projected for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's camp.
Neither side reaches the sixty one seats needed to form a government in the one hundred twenty seat Knesset, leaving weeks of coalition talks ahead.
Arab parties are projected to hold eighteen seats and could prove decisive, while turnout hit a record high in Israel's first election since the October seventh attacks.
Official results are still days away, and the final outcome will depend on negotiations between parties that have yet to agree on a coalition.
Reporting based on coverage from BBC News.