Exit polls from Israel’s main television networks pointed to a deadlock in Tuesday’s vote, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, on track for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset, according to Middle East Eye.

With his political future at stake, Netanyahu accused “three leaders” of the Arab party United Arab List (Ra’am) of “trying to steal the elections”, according to G1. In posts on X, he attacked Arab voters, describing them as “Muslim Brotherhood supporters” and accusing them of “raiding the polling stations and stealing the elections”, according to Al Jazeera. Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List, denounced the remarks as a “scare tactic to mobilise right-wing voters and drive them to the polls”.