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A new Channel 13 poll reveals the opposition bloc would secure 57 seats if elections were held today, two less than the previous projection. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party continues to decline, now with 19 seats, a four-seat drop from the last poll. The coalition would then hold 49 seats, with Arab parties garnering 15 seats.

The Yashar party, headed by ex-IDF general Gadi Eisenkot, would lead with 24 seats, a two-seat decline compared to the previous poll. Likud's seat count drops to 19, a four-seat decrease from the prior poll. Naftali Bennett's Together party maintains stability with 13 seats, followed by the Democrats with 11. The Arab parties' Joint List wins 10 seats in the first poll after the merger, five more than Hadash-Ta al's previous count without Balad.

Yisrael Beiteinu is predicted to secure nine seats, while Otzma Yehudit, United Torah Judaism, and Shas each win eight seats, with Shas gaining one seat compared to the last poll. Religious Zionism remains strong with five seats. The newly formed Amkha Yisrael party led by Eisenkot, along with Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel's Zionist Home, fail to cross the electoral threshold with 2 percent each.

Additional parties like Benny Gantz's Blue and White (1.8 percent) and Gilad Erdan's Ha Ahdut (0.8 percent) also fall short of the threshold. The poll explored potential political mergers, with a combined effort of Eisenkot, Bennett, and Tropper yielding 36 seats, while Likud would only secure 17. The Joint List would drop to nine seats in such a scenario.

A merger of Winter and Smotrich would yield seven seats, and Ra am with Segalovitz would retain five seats. However, a merger of Gantz, Erdan, and Ayelet Shaked does not pass the electoral threshold.