Wounded from crash on southern highway include a 61-year-old woman in serious condition; rescue service says bus was transporting group of girls to a field trip

Official turnout was 77.9%, with 5,716,665 total votes cast; Central Elections Committee reiterates that investigation into alleged voter fraud 'will not affect final results'

Police reportedly use batons and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators; dozens of protesters and officers injured during demonstration

With both blocs short of a 61-seat majority, their leaders and respective allies must decide which divisive issues are worth prioritizing, and which promises are worth reneging on

Golan meets Eisenkot, Lapid and Mansour Abbas in coalition push; Ra'am leader says minority government unlikely; Liberman keeps distance from opposition partners; opposition chiefs vow fraud probe won't delay new Knesset

The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party would abstain from votes rather than join the coalition, according to Channel 12; military draft remains major obstacle to agreement

Shin Bet, whose chief had praised vote on election day, stresses suspicions remain unproven and do not implicate Arab voters as a whole; police say no basis for Likud's claims of stolen election

Election panel head Noam Sohlberg has told the Shin Bet to probe allegations of foreign influence, reported to involve Qatari funding for an Arab get-out-the-vote effort. Why is that illegal, and what could its fallout be?

'We are together and we are staying together,' PM quoted as saying to Ben Gvir and Smotrich; Golan says he intends to meet with fellow 'change bloc' leaders as Liberman said to ghost them

After Sephardic party wins just 7 seats, faction's spiritual leader Yitzhak Yosef takes steps to replace powerful chairman, though insiders say move will be difficult to pull off

Netanyahu's party says it presented 'hundreds of testimonies' and other evidence; election panel says it's reviewing the fraud allegations, which a senior official earlier dismissed

President praises high turnout, says everything must be done to prevent a repeat vote, expects party leaders to show willingness to consider options

Further updates unlikely before Thursday as Central Election Committee turns attention to double envelope ballots and ordinary ballots requiring extra oversight

Likud defense minister slams Eisenkot's 'undemocratic' warning that PM could exploit security issues for his own ends, calls IDF a 'full partner' that 'will carry out any decision necessary'

Soldiers, prisoners and diplomats have cast 430,000 to 480,000 ballots that are only being counted from Wednesday night, but history suggests they won't break election stalemate

With both pro- and anti-Netanyahu blocs well short of a majority after tallying of most ballots, analysts dissect the most likely ways forward, some of which would involve party leaders breaking key promises

In the market stalls of the old bazaar, locals call for Zionist and Arab parties to work together to bring change - but resistance to the idea by opposition leaders may render their vision a nonstarter

The president must decide who'll get first chance to form a new government. In the meantime, the outgoing administration is in charge, but could be partially stymied if the opposition unites

Despite anti-Netanyahu majority, opposition leaders' refusal to rely on Arab parties could force fresh elections or unity government, either of which would keep premier in power

After Sept. 30 flight plummeted thousands of feet when terrorist copilot attempted to crash it, and heroic actions narrowly averted disaster, passengers say they're having to grapple with recovery on their own