Israeli election poll: Eisenkot leads Netanyahu but neither bloc secures majority

Two days before Israel's election, polls show Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party leading Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud, but neither political bloc can secure the 61-seat Knesset majority needed to form a government. The average of four recent surveys gives the opposition bloc 54 seats versus 49.5 for Netanyahu's coalition, a gap of 4.5 seats. Yashar averages 22 seats, Likud 19.75, and Naftali Bennett's B'Yachad 14.5. Ofer Winter's party fails to cross the 3.25% electoral threshold in all polls. Several smaller parties, including the joint Hendel-Zelekha list, hover near the threshold, which could shift final seat distribution. Arab parties average 14.5 seats combined, leaving both blocs dependent on potential coalition partners or threshold outcomes to reach a majority.