{
  "id": 16866124,
  "title": "Israel: Netanyahu extends lead in parliamentary election, but has no majority",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/israel-netanjahu-baut-vorsprung-bei-parlamentswahl-aus-hat-aber-keine",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-28T07:05:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/israel-wahl-netanjahu-baut-vorsprung-aus-hat-aber-keine-mehrheit/100265464.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has emerged as the strongest force in Israel's parliamentary election, contrary to pre-election polls. With over half of the votes counted, Likud leads the party of Netanyahu's rival Gadi Eisenkot. The exact distribution of seats remains unclear, but according to media reports, the current government bloc has 55 mandates, the opposition bloc has 49, and Arab parties have 16. No bloc has achieved a majority of 61 seats, and the final results may not be known until Thursday.",
  "summary": "After counting more than half of the votes, the government bloc has 55 out of 120 seats, the opposition has 49. The polls had expected the opposite.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}