Israel’s Central Elections Committee has revised voting procedures to ease long queues, allowing officials to check the next voter’s identification while another casts their ballot. The committee’s director-general says polling station officials who fail to prevent delays could be dismissed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused his opponents of trying to “steal the election” on Tuesday, calling on Likud supporters to vote as he claimed Arab turnout in the Negev was outpacing Jewish turnout.

Voters in Arab communities across Israel are reporting hours-long waits and slow identification checks at polling stations, raising allegations of deliberate obstruction, Haaretz reports. The legal group Adalah says it has received complaints from Arab towns in the Galilee and southern Israel.

Voters in Haifa are reportedly facing waits of more than three hours to cast their ballots, as long queues form at polling stations across Israel, Channel 12 reports.

Israel’s Central Elections Committee has temporarily barred the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party from tracking voters at polling stations, following reports that its representatives were keeping lists of who had voted and who had not.

Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles fired toward Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition says.

Explosions were heard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Israeli troops killed a Palestinian operative who crossed the “yellow line” in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the military says, claiming he posed an immediate threat.

Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan was the target of a suspected stabbing attempt in Tel Aviv, his Democrats party says. Security guards stopped a man who approached him during a campaign visit after a large knife fell from his clothing. Police arrested the suspect.

Long queues have formed at polling stations across Israel because of high voter turnout, the Central Elections Committee says. Anyone in line by 10 p.m. will be allowed to vote, even if polling stations have to stay open later.

Voter turnout in Israel’s election reached 31.5% by noon, up from 28.4% at the same hour in 2022 and the highest recorded since 1973, according to the Central Elections Committee.

Voter turnout in Israel’s election reached 31.5% by noon, according to the latest figures.

Shin Bet chief David Zini says voting in Israel’s election is proceeding smoothly so far, with security measures and oversight in place at polling stations.

Updated voter turnout figures from Israel’s election are expected in five minutes.

An Israeli advertising firm is suspected of using online ads to track and monitor Starlink users, Reuters reports. The company, Discover-Tech, was found to be the leading bidder for ads targeting Starlink users in more than 100 countries.

Israelis are voting at the fastest early rate in 45 years in a closely contested election that could determine Netanyahu’s political future. His main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, is seeking to end his rule, with neither side assured of a parliamentary majority. Polls close at 10 p.m. local time.