Israel voters headed to the polling booths in full force on Tuesday, with the country’s Central Elections Committee (CEC) reporting a 55.7% voter turnout as of 4 PM. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party also asked election authorities to extend polling hours beyond 10 PM (local time) on Tuesday afternoon as it sought to mobilise voters to cast their ballots.Netanyahu and his top rival, opposition candidate and former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, both cast their vote in the election, where neither camp is projected to win the votes required to secure a majority in the Israeli Knesset.
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