With 56.7% counted, Israel election leaves blocs short of a majority as Netanyahu’s camp has 55 seats and Likud leads with 27
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With 56.7% of the votes counted in Israel’s election, neither bloc had the 61 seats needed to govern. Netanyahu’s bloc stood at 55 seats, the opposition at 49 and Arab-led parties at 16.
Likud led the partial count with 27 seats, ahead of Eisenkot’s Yashar, which had 21.