5 outlets · filed 28 October 2026
Netanyahu's bloc leading Israel election but short of majority, partial results show
With 85% of ballots counted, Netanyahu's Likud party and its allies are set to win 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.
What the coverage shows
All eight outlets converge on the same basic picture: exit polls point to a deadlock, with Netanyahu’s bloc and the Eisenkot camp both short of a governing majority. France 24 and NPR foreground turnout and the campaign context, while Al Jazeera’s later item shifts to what comes next and says President Isaac Herzog will choose whom to task with forming a government. The Guardian US is alone in explicitly adding that support for Palestinian parties is surging, and The Independent alone frames the projections alongside calls for Netanyahu to quit.
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