Israel’s Amcha Yisrael party has also joined Likud’s request to extend voting hours beyond 10 p.m., Channel 12 reports.

Voter turnout among Israeli military personnel reached 68% by 5 p.m., up from 65% at the same hour in the 2022 election.

Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party opposes Likud’s request to extend voting hours, saying there is no justification for the move. The party accuses Netanyahu of trying to cast doubt on the election’s legitimacy.

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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas party has joined Likud in calling for voting hours to be extended by one hour, citing unusually long queues at polling stations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has requested an extension of voting hours beyond 10 p.m.

Ra’am party leader Mansour Abbas accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of spreading false claims of election fraud to mobilize right-wing voters. Abbas says Netanyahu is using his party as a scare tactic to boost turnout among Likud supporters.

The small Israeli town of Timorim recorded 91.6% voter turnout by 4 p.m., with 553 ballots cast, according to the Central Elections Committee. Nationwide turnout stood at 55.7%, while larger cities including Modi’in, Rosh Haayin and Rahat reported rates of around 60%.

Israel’s Central Elections Committee says it has received no request from Likud to extend voting hours and learned of the proposal through media reports. Polls are still scheduled to close at 10 p.m., but anyone in line by then will be allowed to vote.

Israel’s voter turnout could surpass 80% by the end of election day if the current pace continues, the Central Elections Committee’s acting director-general says.

Voter turnout in Israel’s election reached 55.7% by 4 p.m. Tuesday, with 4.8 million people having cast their ballots.

Voter turnout in Israel’s election has reached 55.7%, according to the latest figures.

Updated voter turnout figures from Israel’s election are expected shortly.

Poland could be selected to host a European maintenance centre for Patriot PAC-3 interceptor missiles, Prime Minister Donald Tusk says, after competing with Germany for the project. The facility would service missiles used by NATO countries but would not manufacture them.

Iran has yet to allow international inspectors into its damaged nuclear facilities, the UN nuclear watchdog says. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told the Security Council on Tuesday that questions about Tehran’s nuclear programme remain unresolved and that inspections are essential to any agreement.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting activists from Israel’s Democrats party in Holon, Channel 12 reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are expected to hold an emergency meeting with dozens of local authority heads in the coming hours.

A 66-year-old man died after collapsing at a polling station in Israel, marking the second reported death involving a voter on election day.

Israeli police have arrested four suspects following a fight near a polling station in Rahat.