Israel election: Netanyahu says country at 'historic junction' as early results too close to call – live news
by Kate Lyons (now) and Kevin Rawlinson (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#4QJJH)
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At 9am local time, the official tally said 42% of votes had been counted, with Likud on 28%, and Blue and White on 27%.
However, Israeli news outlets, citing sources within the country's elections committee, reported that about 90% of votes had been counted and showed a dead heat with each of the two main parties with 32 seats in the Knesset. The reports said the committee was rechecking the results before publishing them.
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