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Israeli security forces launch raids and arrests, mostly targeting journalists, during incursion into Qalqilia.

Attacker killed after assaulting a guard in front of the Israeli Embassy in Serbia

With 51.8% of votes counted in Israel's election, neither bloc has a majority. Netanyahu's bloc has 55 seats, the opposition 49 and the Arab-led parties 16, against the 61 needed to govern. Likud leads the partial count with 27 seats, ahead of Eisenkot's Yashar (21), the Joint List (12), Bennett's Together (11), and The Democrats and United Torah Judaism (9 each). The overnight exit-poll updates also moved toward Netanyahu. Kan 11 now gives his bloc 51 seats, Channel 12 gives it 52 and Channel 13 gives it 51, all up from 50, while the opposition dropped to 49–51

Israeli attacks reported from midnight to present: Qantara, Kafr Tebnit, Zawter Sharqiya; Counter-battery fire: Al-Mansouri, Wadi Al-Hajar

Clashes erupt in Betta village south of Nablus, with Israeli forces firing tear gas.

The additional U.S. Patriot is going to Israel. This is per flight tracking data and two officials with knowledge of the movement

Israeli elections: All polling stations have now closed. We are now moving on to the vote counting process.

Celebrations in Tel Aviv

Israeli 2026 Elections Exit Polls per Kan 11, Channel 12, and Channel 13

ISRAEL ELECTION — i24NEWS EXIT POLL: Likud (Netanyahu): 27; Yashar (Eisenkot): 20; Beyachad (Bennett): 15; Democrats (Yair Golan): 9; Joint List: 9; Shas: 8; United Torah Judaism: 7; Ra'am: 7; Otzma Yehudit (Ben Gvir): 7; Religious Zionism (Smotrich): 6; Yisrael Beytenu (Liberman): 5

Channel 12 (Israel) poll: No clear winner in the Knesset elections.

Attack near homes in Al-Jarmouk

The Israeli army says troops killed a Palestinian terror operative who crossed the "Yellow Line" in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today."Immediately after the identification, the forces killed the terrorist to remove the threat," the army says.

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas: We affirm that the arrest campaign carried out by the Palestinian Authority security forces in several West Bank governorates, targeting released prisoners, activists, and ordinary citizens, constitutes a violation of public freedoms and Palestinian human rights. We reject the revolving-door policy employed by the security services against released prisoners, as it exacerbates their suffering and that of their families after years spent in prison defending their people and their right to freedom. We emphasize that the duty, in light of the escalating aggression and attacks by settlers in the West Bank and the continued bombardment and killing in the Gaza Strip, is to stand with our people and pressure Israel to stop its crimes, not to persecute and arrest our people. We call for the immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to arrests and raids. We also call upon human rights organizations to condemn these violations and to take action and exert pressure to end them and secure the release of the detainees.

Voting has begun in Israel's parliamentary elections, with polling stations opening across the country at 7 a.m. local time

Artillery strikes target Al-Mansouri and areas near Bar'eshit

Artillery shelling targets Wadi Zibqin

Israeli forces launch tear gas at citizens in Salah Street, Qalqilia.

A UN inquiry says Israel continued committing genocide in Gaza despite the October 2025 ceasefire. The commission found that Israeli forces continued using heavy weapons, drones and sniper fire in densely populated areas, while expanding territorial control through the Yellow Line, which is becoming a de facto border. Israel dismissed the findings as a "misinformation campaign."

The Israeli military targeted the area of ​​Sawan near Mefdon.

Israeli Army: We have killed 4 Hamas and Islamic Jihad elements in air raids across the Gaza Strip.

Final polls indicate that Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc will not be the largest following tomorrow's Israeli election: Eisenkot Bloc - 56 seats; Netanyahu Bloc - 50 seats; Unaligned - 14 seats 61 seats needed for a majority [Via Haaretz aggregate of last three polls by Channel 11, 12 and 13]

Israeli strike targets area between Khirbat and Bani Hayan, southern Lebanon

Iraqi Prime Minister meets with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan.

Artillery fire targets towns: Shebaa, Shbua, and al-Qanawat in southern Lebanon.

Israeli missiles targeted the Nabatieh al-Fouqa area.

Netanyahu, Katz blocked Israeli army plan to end Hebron raids, allow locals to return

Nasir Medical Complex: Two injured by gunfire from forces outside areas under their control in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

Al-Shifa Medical Center: 1 dead and injured reported in Israeli raid on tent camp west of Gaza City

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said a meeting between Iran and the Mecca Accords countries will focus on Israeli expansionism, developments in occupied Palestine and the situation in Lebanon. He welcomed regional efforts to establish security mechanisms based on regional interests, describing the meeting as a possible step toward "indigenous security." Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalın are expected to meet Iranian officials in Tehran today to discuss regional security cooperation, according to Iran's National Security Council.