Knife-wielding man detained near Golan as Israel votes in Knesset election

A man carrying a knife was detained near opposition leader Yair Golan on Tuesday as Israelis cast ballots in the Knesset election, with turnout passing 2.3 million.

• Police arrested a man armed with a knife who approached Golan, leader of the Democrats party, during his get-out-the-vote tour in Tel Aviv.
• Israel's Central Elections Committee reported general turnout of 16.68% as of 10 a.m.
• Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged voters not to back parties unlikely to clear the electoral threshold, warning against a repeat of the 1992 left-wing government.
• Golan accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of running a "poisonous machine" that he said incited the attack.