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Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and retired General Benny Gantz. JACK GUEZ, Oded Balilty / AFP

After the parliamentary elections in Israel, the outgoing Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz were Tuesday night elbow-to-elbow, according to the first polls out of the polls.

The results of these legislative elections were announced tight and the first polls carried out at the exit of the polls and diffused by the local media confirm it. Benyamin Netanyahu's Likud (right) would thus reap between 31 and 33 seats out of the 120 in Parliament and the "Blue-white" party of his rival Benny Gantz between 32 and 34. No majority bloc seemed to emerge at the end of these elections. .

The Israelis voted for the second time in five months on Tuesday after an election in April after which Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government. If the polls are confirmed, he should still face the same difficulties.

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Israel Beitenou, the party of former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, which had failed the negotiations in April and could again be a kingmaker, is credited with eight to ten seats according to polls. Shortly before polls closed, voter turnout was 63.7%, slightly higher than the same time in the April legislative elections.

(With AFP)