Israel holds 26th Knesset election as 37 parties compete to form government

About 7.3 million Israelis are voting Tuesday in the 26th Knesset election, with 37 parties competing and any coalition requiring 61 of 120 seats.

• Polling stations opened Tuesday morning and close at 10 pm in Israel's sixth general election since 2019.
• Netanyahu's Likud faces an opposition led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, along with the Together list of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid.
• Netanyahu seeks a new term while on trial for corruption charges he denies.
• The Supreme Court on October 2 annulled election committee decisions barring two Arab lists from the ballot.