Israel election ends in political deadlock as Netanyahu, rival fall short of majority

Israel’s latest general election has produced a hung parliament, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition alliance led by Gadi Eisenkot securing enough seats to independently form a government.Final results released by election officials showed that Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc won 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, while the bloc supporting Eisenkot secured 48 seats, leaving both sides short of the 61-seat majority required to form a government.