Composite image showing Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Gadi Eisenkot (R)Image source, EPA/Reuters
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Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Gadi Eisenkot (R) both claimed victory in response to the exit polls

ByDavid Gritten
  • Published20 minutes ago

Exit polls suggest there is no clear winner of Israel's pivotal general election, with neither veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor former military chief Gadi Eisenkot on track to secure a majority.

Two Israeli broadcasters projected that Eisenkot's Yashar party and three other Jewish opposition parties in his "Change Bloc" would win 51 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, as would Netanyahu's Likud party and its far-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies. A third broadcaster's poll gave Netanyahu a lead of three seats.