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🇺🇸✡️ -- PHOTOS: Republican New York Congressman Mike Lawler visiting the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe this morning, seven days before the midterm election: • "Visiting the Rebbe's Ohel is always a deeply meaningful experience," Lawler said.

🇮🇱 NETANYAHU BELIEVES RIGHT-WING VOTERS COULD CLOSE THE GAP Despite higher turnout in the left-wing bloc, Likud remains hopeful it can win the election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes right-wing voters will head to the polls later in the day and has told associates that the gap can still be narrowed. Meanwhile, left-wing lawmakers are attempting to project a sense of declining momentum. MK Eitan Ginzburg of the Beyachad party wrote that polling stations, which were full in the morning, had been empty for several hours.

✡️🗳️ - VIDEO: The Vizhnitzer Rebbe, HaRav Yisroel ben Leah Esther, singing "Ubeshilton Hakofrim" on his way to vote earlier

🇺🇸 - WATCH: Vice President JD Vance tells a rally that after 9/11 it was ordinary Americans' children, not politicians' children, who went off to fight the wars

✡️🗳️ - WATCH: In a video sent to Belaaz, UTJ MK Yitzchak Pindrus, coming from the north, says Arab voters are turning out and Israel has two more years with Trump, warns of big trouble if Charedim stay home, and urges everyone to vote Gimmel.

🗳🇮🇱 - Polls in Israel close in just under two hours, at 10 PM local time / 4 PM New York time.

🇺🇸 TRUMP ANNOUNCES 1 MILLION BARRELS OF VENEZUELAN OIL FOR U.S. • President Trump said the U.S. will receive one million barrels of Venezuelan oil at no cost to American taxpayers, following what he described as a successful military operation and a renewed relationship with Venezuela. Trump called it the first shipment of what he expects to be billions of barrels, while announcing a rally in Corpus Christi, Texas.

🇺🇸 - WATCH: Vance: Gas Prices Rise "Each Time a Foreign Leader in the Middle East Throws a Tantrum"

🇮🇱🗳️ - NEWS: The Central Elections Committee rejected the coalition request to extend voting, so polls close at 10 PM; anyone already in line can still vote.

🇺🇸🇾🇪 - NEWS: US Embassy Slams Houthis Over Landmines • The US Embassy in Yemen says the Houthis claim to protect Yemenis but don't care about civilians, according to reports • It called their mines a "bloody legacy" that will haunt Yemen for years

🇮🇱 - ELECTIONS: Turnout at 74.3% as of 8:00: That's 8 points higher than the same hour in 2022 (66.3%), Central Elections Committee figures show • 5,449,277 of 7,331,981 eligible voters have cast ballots so far

🇮🇱🗳️ NOW: Prime Minister Netanyahu rallying at a mall in Beit Shemesh as the poles closed in an hour.

🇺🇸- WATCH IT: Earlier, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz confronted Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla after he approached the podium during Waltz's remarks on the U.S. embargo on Cuba. • WALTZ: "Back up," Waltz said. "He's not going to intimidate me in the United States of America, like he tries to intimidate political prisoners."

🇮🇱 - EXIT POLLS SURPRISE: One Party Showing Unexpected Results • Journalist Ran Boker reports one party is showing unexpectedly strong results in more than one exit poll, compared with recent polls • The party was not named; exit polls will be released at 10 PM

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🇮🇱🗳️ NOW: The polls for the Israeli elections close in 10 minutes. Stay tuned for live updates

🇮🇱🗳 - BELAAZ VIDEO: PM Netanyahu leaving Beit Shemesh a short time ago after campaigning at a mall. • Polls are set to close any minute.

🇮🇱🗳️ BREAKING: It's 10:00 in Israel and the polls have officially closed.

🇮🇱🗳️ "THE ARAB VOTERS HAVE SHATTERED BOTH SIDES' HOPES OF SECURING A 61-SEAT MAJORITY" • Channel 12 chief political analyst Amit Segal, as polls close across Israel.

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🇮🇱🔴 - BREAKING: Exit polls show no bloc reaching the 61 seats needed for a majority: • Channel 12: Netanyahu bloc 50, change bloc 52, Arab parties 18. Likud 24, Yashar 22, Bennett's party 12, Shas 8, UTJ 6. • Kan 11: Netanyahu bloc 50, change bloc 53, Arab parties 17. Likud 25, Yashar 21, Bennett's party 14, Shas 6, UTJ 6. • Channel 14: Netanyahu bloc 60, change bloc 43, Arab parties 17. Likud 30, Yashar 19, Shas 9, UTJ 9. These are exit polls, not final results.

🇮🇱 EISENKOT VOWS TO REPLACE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT Gadi Eisenkot said initial exit poll results indicate a lack of confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government following October 7. • He called the results a victory for Israel’s Zionist majority and pledged to work immediately to replace the government and establish a Zionist government committed to military conscription, if the results hold.

🇮🇱🗳️ NOW: The campaign of Amcha Yisroel, Ofer Winter has acknowledged defeat, blaming what it called an “violent and despicable campaign” against it for the outcome.

🇮🇱 NOW: Opposition bloc leaders will meet soon to discuss the next steps, with Gadi Eisenkot adding that he will not contact Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

🇮🇱 UPDATE: The Democrats rose from 10 to 12 seats in the latest projection, apparently gaining at the expense of Avigdor Lieberman’s party, which fell to 8 seats.

🇮🇱 CHANNEL 13 EXIT POLL UPDATE The Joint List rises to 11 seats, while Naftali Bennett’s B'Yachad party drops to 13.

🇮🇱 WATCH: Celebrations are underway among Arab residents of Lod setting off fireworks amid the release of election results.

🗳️🔴 THE FULL PICTURE: Most exit polls give Eisenkot's bloc 52-53 seats and Netanyahu's 50. Channel 14 gives Netanyahu 60. Neither side reaches the 61 needed for a majority. • Netanyahu's Likud is the largest single party, but that doesn't automatically give him the first chance to form a government. It's still unclear whether President Herzog will first task Eisenkot or Netanyahu. The coming days will tell. • Getting the mandate first doesn't guarantee success: after four of the five elections between 2019 and 2022, the first person tasked failed to form a government within their mandate. • Eisenkot has rejected serving under Netanyahu or relying on Arab parties. Arab-party support or a unity government with Likud would therefore require difficult compromises. Otherwise, the deadlock could continue. • Netanyahu ran with the message of a strong broad unity Government. Israeli TV analysts have also raised the possibility of unity without the Charedi parties, but that remains speculation. • These are exit polls, not final results. Final results are expected around Thursday, Oct. 29.

🇮🇱🗳️ - VIDEO: Belaaz reporter Ari Kalman reports live from the Shas election event, whre leader Arye Deri decided he won't speak tonight: After the first results, neither side has 61 to build the next coalition. Follow Belaaz for more nonstop updates.

🇮🇱 ISRAEL CHANNEL 14 REPORTS: Avigdor Liberman's party, Yisrael Beitenu, is edging on the electoral threshold in his exit poll and may not pass - which would mean 2 of his mandates would move to Netanyahu's right-wing bloc, granting him the 62 seats needed to form a government.

🇮🇱🗳️ - UPDATE: Channel 14's pollster Shlomo Filber officially put Netanyahu's bloc at 61 seats needed for a majority. • In Channel 14's update, Yisrael Beytenu does not pass the threshold. • Kan 11 also updated: the Joint List rises to 11 and Yachad drops to 13. • Party leaders are telling supporters to wait for the real results, with a very interesting night expected. • Exit polls are not final. A lot could change overnight as real results come in, and the full picture is expected by Friday. • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱 - WATCH: Arab Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas claims that people from the right have approached his party since the exit polls.

🇮🇱🗳️ - NOW: The Central Elections Committee has started publishing official results for the 26th Knesset. • Early official count: Likud 27.0%, Religious Zionism 16.8%, Yashar 16.6%, Otzma Yehudit 8.4%, Democrats 8.1%, Yachad 6.5%, Shas 4.8%, UTJ 1.0%. • This is a tiny early sample and will change a lot as the count continues through the night. • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - VIDEO: Bennett that speaks add his election event: "Netanyahu has lost, the October 7 government will go home"

🇮🇱🗳️ - VIDEO: Eisenkot: "A worthy leader would have already announced his retirement" • Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot addressed supporters at his party's election headquarters in Tel Aviv. • "The Israeli public has decided in favor of change. It can already be determined that Netanyahu faces a larger Zionist majority." • "A worthy leader would have already announced his retirement from political life today." • "It would be a mistake to go to another election. It is my duty to do everything to fulfill the will of the people." • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

✡️🗳️ - VIDEO: United Torah Judaism chairman Yaakov Asher danced with his predecessor Moshe Gafni and MK Meir Porush at the party's headquarters in Bnei Brak after the exit polls. • "The Torah won. Everyone eulogized us, took bites out of us and tried to do many things to us, and they did not succeed. This is a great victory for us."

✡️🗳️ - VIDEO: United Torah Judaism chairman Yaakov Asher danced with his predecessor Moshe Gafni and MK Meir Porush at the party's headquarters in Bnei Brak after the exit polls. • "The Torah won. Everyone eulogized us, took bites out of us and tried to do many things to us, and they did not succeed. This is a great victory for us."

🇮🇱🗳️ - NOW: PM Netanyahu's motorcade heads to Likud's victory celebration, at Binyanei HaUma in Jerusalem.

🇮🇱🗳️ - VIDEO: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed supporters at Likud headquarters in Jerusalem. • "We eliminated Deif, Haniyeh, Sinwar, Nasrallah, Khamenei." • "It is not over yet. As long as this fanatical regime exists, it will try again to destroy us." • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - PM Netanyahu after the election: "It is forbidden, simply forbidden, to endanger Israel and form a government that relies on anti-Zionist Arab parties" • "The right-wing bloc has a clear, decisive majority among the Zionist public, among the Jewish public." • "We must form a strong national right-wing government." • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - NEWS: With about 14% of ballots counted, Likud leads with 25.34% • Yashar! is second with 16.6%, followed by Beyachad 9% and Yisrael Beiteinu 7.3%. • Otzma Yehudit 6.6%, UTJ 6.5%, Shas 5.9%, Democrats 5.6%, Religious Zionism 5.2%, Joint List 4.4%. • The remaining parties are currently below the threshold, in what is still a very partial count. • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - NEWS: Almost one million votes counted, Likud leads with 24.1% • 956,458 votes have been counted so far, 16.8% of the votes cast. • Yashar! is second with 16.1%, followed by Beyachad 8.8% and Yisrael Beiteinu 6.9%. • UTJ 6.7%, Otzma Yehudit 6.4%, Joint List 5.9%, Shas 5.6%, Democrats 5.6%, Religious Zionism 5.4%. • Below the threshold for now: the Reservists 3%, Ra'am 2.75%, Amcha Yisrael 1.8%. • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - NEWS: 1.6 million votes counted, Likud leads with 22.2% • About 28% of the votes have been counted across the country. • Yashar! is second with 15.4%, followed by the Joint List 8.3% and Beyachad 8.2%. • UTJ 6.7%, Yisrael Beiteinu 6.4%, Otzma Yehudit 6%, Democrats 5.9%, Shas 5.7%, Religious Zionism 5.7%. • Ra'am is now above the threshold with 3.7%. • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - VIDEO: Netanyahu: "I want to thank Hakadosh Baruch Hu, who gives me the strength to continue" • "We prevailed over our enemies, and together we will prevail over them in the future too." • "Am Yisrael Chai! The Eternal One of Israel does not lie." • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - NEWS: With nearly a third of votes counted, Netanyahu's bloc at 59 seats, two short of a majority • 31.1% of the votes have been counted, about 1.77 million. • Ynet's partial projection puts Eisenkot's bloc at 46 seats and the Arab parties at 15. • Likud 29, Yashar! 20, Joint List 11, Beyachad 11, UTJ 9, Yisrael Beiteinu 8, Otzma Yehudit 7, Democrats 7, Shas 7, Religious Zionism 7, Ra'am 4. • 61 seats are needed for a majority. • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🇺🇸 - President Trump credits his endorsement for Netanyahu’s election lead.

🇮🇱🗳 -- LATEST: IDF says 79.9% of soldiers voted in this election, up about 6.2% from last time, at more than 890 military polling stations.

🇮🇱🗳️ - UPDATE: Netanyahu's Bloc Slips to 55 as Count Passes Halfway Mark • With 51.8% of the votes counted, about 2.95 million, Netanyahu's bloc is down to 55 seats, from 59 at a third of the count. • Eisenkot's bloc rose to 49 seats and the Arab parties to 16, according to ynet's partial projection. • Otzma Yehudit lost a seat to the Joint List in the latest count. • Likud 27, Yashar! 21, Joint List 12, Beyachad 11, Democrats 9, UTJ 9, Yisrael Beiteinu 8, Shas 7, Otzma Yehudit 6, Religious Zionism 6, Ra'am 4. • 61 seats are needed for a majority. • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - UPDATE: Netanyahu's Bloc Back Up to 56 With 60% Counted • 60% of the votes have been counted, about 3.41 million. • Ynet's partial projection puts Netanyahu's bloc at 56, Eisenkot's bloc at 48 and the Arab parties at 16. • Since 51.8% counted, Likud and Otzma Yehudit gained a seat each, while the Democrats and UTJ lost one each. • Likud 28, Yashar! 21, Joint List 12, Beyachad 11, Democrats 8, UTJ 8, Yisrael Beiteinu 8, Shas 7, Otzma Yehudit 7, Religious Zionism 6, Ra'am 4. • 61 seats are needed for a majority. • Stay tuned to Belaaz for nonstop updates.

🇮🇱🗳️ - NOW: Betting Market Now Favors "No One" as Israel's Next Prime Minister • On the Kalshi prediction market, traders now give a 61% chance that no government forms and new elections are called, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 26% and Gadi Eisenkot at 13% • Eisenkot had led the market for months before plunging as the votes were counted

🇮🇱🗳️ - UPDATE: With 84.5% of ballot boxes counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc holds 54 seats, with Gadi Eisenkot's bloc at 49 and the Arab parties at 17. • Neither bloc has the 61 seats needed for a majority, with soldiers' votes still to be counted.

Attacker Killed After Assault on Israeli Embassy Guard in Belgrade; Serbia Raises Terror Alert - Belaaz News

A knife-wielding assailant attacked a security officer outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, shortly after midnight on October 28. Police killed the attacker during the incident, according to Serbian authorities. Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic described the incident as a “terrorist attack.” Authorities raised the national terror alert to its highest level and increased […]

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🇷🇸 🇮🇱 Attacker Killed After Assault on Israeli Embassy Guard in Belgrade; Serbia Raises Terror Alert • A knife-wielding minor attacked a Serbian Gendarmerie officer guarding Israel’s embassy in Belgrade shortly after midnight Wednesday, reportedly shouting “Allahu Akbar.” Police killed the attacker in self-defense, and the officer suffered minor injuries. Serbia’s interior minister called it a “terrorist attack,” raised the terror threat to its highest level, and increased security at key locations. Authorities said the suspect was an Islamic State supporter. ⬇️ Read 🔗 https://belaaz.com/news/attacker-killed-after-assault-on-israeli-embassy-guard-in-belgrade-serbia-raises-terror-alert/

🇮🇱🗳️ - UPDATE: With 100% of the votes outside the double envelopes counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc stands at 53 seats, with Gadi Eisenkot's bloc at 47 and the Arab parties at 19. • Neither bloc has the 61 seats needed for a majority, with the double-envelope votes still to be counted

🇮🇱🗳️ LATEST: President Isaac Herzog responded to the election results for the first time, urging the parties to "do everything so that we don't go back to another election, and to come with an open mind."