#Benjamin Netanyahu

The plenary chamber of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, in a 2010 photograph.

Eisenkot has until 6 December to form a government in Israel, and his bloc sets 17 November to take over the Knesset

Gadi Eisenkot in November 2022, at the start of his first term as a member of the Knesset, in Jerusalem.

Herzog passes over Netanyahu and gives Gadi Eisenkot 28 days to form Israel's next government

Gadi Eisenkot in November 2022, when he was a member of the Knesset. A former chief of the general staff of the Israel Defense Forces, he now leads the Yashar party.

Eisenkot gets 67 recommendations to Netanyahu's 46, and Herzog names on Sunday who will try to form Israel's government

The front of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, in 2022.

Israeli election

Netanyahu's bloc takes 53 of the Knesset's 120 seats, the opposition 48, and Arab parties reach a record 19

The front of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, in 2022.

Israeli elections

Israel votes on Tuesday for all 120 Knesset seats, and the polls give neither bloc a majority

Al-Shuhada Street in the Old City of Hebron, in the West Bank, in a 2016 photograph.

Israel seals off the West Bank and clears about 2,000 residents out of Hebron, who will not return until the operation ends