With 3.41 million valid votes counted, Likud rises to 28 seats and Eisenkot's Yashar! holds 21; Netanyahu's bloc leads with 56 seats to Eisenkot's 48, while Arab parties hold 16 and the remaining ballots could still shift the balance of power

US president says his endorsement helped PM outperform expectations as his right-wing bloc strengthens its position in preliminary results; with counting still underway, neither major political camp has secured a parliamentary majority

With the Joint List projected to win 13 seats and Arab parties holding 19 combined, Yousef Jabareen says his party is ready to help remove Netanyahu from power, while Ahmad Tibi sees a real chance for political change and identifies Gadi Eisenkot as a leading candidate to form the next government

A Renfe train crashes into a stationary Iryo service near Toledo, derailing several carriages; Spain suspends high-speed rail traffic between Madrid and Andalusia as rescuers search the wreckage, just nine months after another disaster killed 46 people

After hoping for double-digit seats, Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir puts a positive spin on disappointing exit polls, touts his record on security and warns that a unity government with Gadi Eisenkot would be a ‘government of paralysis’

Once among New York and Miami's top luxury brokers, Tal and Oren Alexander and their brother Alon were convicted after 11 women testified; prosecutors identified at least 70 alleged victims, while the brothers deny wrongdoing and plan to appeal

'The public voted for change': Yashar! Party leader calls on security agencies to resist attempts by Netanyahu to take actions that would stop the formation of a government; Says he and change partners will form a stable Zionist government that serves all