Exit polls show Israel election deadlock, with Likud the largest party

Exit polls after Israel’s Tuesday Knesset election showed no clear winner. Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud was projected as the largest single party, but the bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot held a narrow lead and neither major bloc appeared to reach the 61 seats needed for a majority. The result pointed to a difficult path to forming a government, with Arab-led parties projected to hold a decisive bloc of seats.