Jerusalem:Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is narrowly leading the opposition bloc in the early stages of parliamentary elections. With approximately 28% of the votes counted, Netanyahu's bloc has secured 50.4% of the votes compared to the opposition's 49.6%, based on data published by the Yedioth Ahronoth daily.

According to Anadolu Agency – English, neither bloc has achieved the 61 seats required for a parliamentary majority. The Likud party, led by Netanyahu, is leading with 24.1% of the vote. The Yashar party, led by former Army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, follows with 16.1%.

The Together alliance, led by former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, has 8.8% of the votes. Yisrael Beiteinu has 6.9%, United Torah Judaism 6.7%, and Otzma Yehudit 6.4%. The Joint List has 5.9%, while Shas and the Democrats each have 5.6%. Religious Zionism has 5.4% of the votes.

The United Arab List (Ra'am) has received 2.8%, resulting in a combined share of 8.7% for the two Arab lists, the Joint List and Ra'am, from the counted votes. The partial tally does not yet determine the final distribution of seats in the 120-member Knesset.

Voter turnout has reached 77.7%, an increase of 7.1 percentage points from the 2022 election, marking the highest turnout since 1999, as reported by the Central Elections Committee.