{
  "id": 16879934,
  "title": "Israel Election: Slender Lead For Benjamin Netanyahu Means He Could Be Asked To Form Next Government",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/israel-election-slender-lead-for-benjamin-netanyahu-means-he-could-be",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T09:10:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/israel-election-netanyahu-eisenkot-exit-poll-close-1237206893/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The election in Israel remains on a knife-edge and there is still a strong chance Benjamin Netanyahu could be asked to form the next government. Last night’s exit poll indicated that Netanyahu’s Likud Party plus right-wing bloc and challenger Gadi Eisenkot’s coalition were neck-and-neck, but with well over half of votes now counted, it appears […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Israel: Netanyahu and Eisenkot both pledge to form government",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/israel-netanyahu-and-eisenkot-both-pledge-to-form-government",
        "published": "2026-10-28T09:06:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}