Lapid: Netanyahu Defeated in Elections; Public Told Him to Go Home

Opposition leader Yair Lapid of the occupied entity said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc suffered a defeat in the elections, asserting that the public had told it to “go home.” Channel 12 quoted Lapid as saying that Netanyahu’s bloc had suffered a “harsh defeat and total collapse.” According to preliminary results reported by the channel, Gadi Eisenkot’s camp leads with 52 seats, compared to 50 seats for Netanyahu’s camp, while Arab parties won 18 seats, potentially giving them a decisive role in determining the composition of the next government. The channel noted that the preliminary results reveal a high likelihood that Eisenkot will be tasked with forming the new government.