🇮🇱⚡- Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit joins Likud and the Shas in calling for an extension to the voting time.

🇮🇱⚡- The Central Election Committee has decided against extending the voting times.

🇮🇱⚡- The voter turnout stands at 74.3% at 8pm local time.

🇮🇱⚡️- Polls have closed in Israel.

🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Exit polls project 24-27 seats for the Likud against Eisenkot's 20-23 seats.

🇮🇱⚡️- Exit polls show an opposition bloc securing around 53 seats while Netanyahu’s coalition bloc secures 50 seats. Arab parties are estimated around 17 seats.

🇮🇱⚡- Channel 13 exit polls: Yashar-bloc - 53, Likud-bloc - 50, Arab-coalition - 17

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli Channel 11, anti-Likud outlet, says Likud is set to be the largest party.

🇮🇱⚡️- No exit poll is currently showing the right-wing bloc coalition securing 61 seats.

🇮🇱⚡️- i24News has revised its projection to 55 seats for Netanyahu's right-wing bloc.

🇮🇱⚡️- Gadi Eisenkot declares that the exit poll results reflect "an absolute vote of no confidence in Netanyahu and his government" and confirms that he is immediately initiating efforts to topple the right-wing government and form a "Zionist mobilization government."

🇮🇱⚡️- "Don’t let them fool you: Netanyahu’s camp has suffered a crushing defeat—it is a total collapse. The public has told them: leave." - Yair Lapid in a statement.

🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Channel 12 estimates Gadi Eisenkot will likely be tasked with forming a government.

🇮🇱⚡- Yisrael Beiteinu and Yashar have both once again ruled out forming a government with either Arab party.

🇮🇱⚡️- Channel 15 is also now projecting that Gadi Eisenkot will receive the mandate to form the new government.

🇮🇱⚡- "We cannot be ignored in any political scenario, and we will make responsible decisions in the coming weeks, regardless of the scenario," - Joint List, of the Arab-coalition.

🇮🇱⚡- The Likud-camp believe the Yashar-camp would receive first mandate from the President in forming a government, Ma'ariv reports. The phase could last approximately 28 days (+14 additional days).

If Yashar fail, the President will pass the role to the Likud-camp, who will have a similar amount of time.

If both parties fail, the President will call for a second election, that could take place in early 2027.

During the entire process, Benjamin Netanyahu will assume the role of a caretaker Prime Minister.

The options to form a government are passing the 61 seats threshold, forming a minority government, or a Yashar-led unity government with Likud.

🇮🇱⚡- Vote counting has begun.

🇺🇸✝️⚡️- Colin Sharpe, leader of the Boston University College Republicans, has passed away.

Colin was a widely recognized leader in the revival of Campus Conservative politics at high level Universities. The Boston Globe featured him in an interview covering the rise of College Republicans in early 2025.

Sharpe was 20 years old.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Daily Wire employee Mateus Pereira, alongside other Trump supporters such as Matt Forney, are gloating over the death of the young conservative due his refusal to endorse Vivek Ramaswamy.

🇮🇱⚡- "Ofer Winter caused the right wing to lose many seats. If Winter had not insisted on running in the elections, the right wing would have achieved a clear victory," - A senior Likud-bloc official to i24 News (Israeli Channel 15).