Jerusalem Post Staff
Day after Election: With 50% votes counted, Netanyahu's bloc leads with 55 seats, opposition at 50
Police, emergency services searching for people, vehicles trapped in southern Israel floods
Ben-Gvir, RZP to win combined 12 seats, election exit polls project
Shas, UTJ projected to win 12-13 seats in next Knesset, election exit polls predict
Both Shas and UTJ are part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political bloc, and their combined seat total could prove crucial in determining whether he can secure a 61-seat majority.
People of Israel, Reservists-Economic Party, Haredi Public all projected to fall short of threshold
The 3.25% threshold is the minimum percentage of the national vote a party needs to win to be allocated any seats in the next Knesset.
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Likud rep. accuses CEC of ignoring instances of voter fraud in favor of high voter turnout
Earlier on Tuesday, Likud said that it had received 620 reports of unusual incidents and suspected irregularities at polling stations in the Arab sector.
CEC denies Likud's request to extend Israeli election voting time past 10 p.m.
Likud, People of Israel, Shas, and Otzma Yehudit have called for extended voting hours, though only CEC Chairman Justice Noam Sohlberg can decide to extend voting hours.
Four men arrested after violent altercation breaks out at Rahat polling center
Also in Rahat, masked individuals riding on horses and camels through the city were reportedly seen waving political flags and playing loud music.
Houthis claim to have hit Saudi Ras Tanura oil refinery, defense ministry with ballistic missiles
The Houthis also said they had attacked Saudi military aircraft and repelled an advance by Saudi-backed forces near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, an important Red Sea shipping route.
Ra'am, Israeli civil rights watchdog receive reports of voter obstruction in Arab sector
ACRI warned that without immediate intervention, the delays could prevent large numbers of Arab voters from exercising their right to vote.
Suspected Ra'am vote bribery case transferred to Lahav 433 as Netanyahu calls for investigation
"There was nothing improper about the activists' conduct," the Ra'am party stated in response. "These are attempts by Ben-Gvir’s police force to suppress voting within Arab society."
WATCH: Democrats activist knocked unconscious by Otzma Yehudit-affiliated activist in Holon
Assaults were reported against a B'Yachad activist in Tiberias. Earlier in the day, the Haredi Public Party announced its members had been attacked in Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh, and Betar Illit.