Central Elections Committee begins to go through 4,076 votes cast by quarantined Israelis; Health Ministry weighs precautions for travelers from US, Germany, France

Updated results from election committee see right-wing bloc drop to 58 seats; Gantz claims Netanyahu ordered his party to interfere with tally of so-called double envelope ballots

Yair Revivo says Elector gave 20,000 Likud activists info to 'fish' potential supporter from their homes and get them to the polls, giving party extra 4-5 seats

Centrist leader and others rule out joining a government headed by a premier on trial, amid rampant speculation of Likud contacts with potential 'deserters' to fill out coalition

Orly Levy-Abekasis or Moshe Ya'alon's Telem, a component of Blue and White, would appear to be the most likely candidates

After a decade of Netanyahu, many voters have grown accustomed to the PM's rhetorical gold standard. His challenger, with his repeated on-air bloopers, lags far behind

Following Likud gains, president seen as set to assign Netanyahu with first crack at cobbling together a majority coalition, though legal challenge looms because of criminal cases

In Israel's multi-party system, there's a world of difference between the prime minister winning the backing of 61, 60 or 59 of the Knesset's 120 MKs

After worse showing than in September election, Blue and White leader urges waiting for final tally, as party MKs deny weighing defection to a Likud coalition

Omer Yankelevich denies she is considering crossing aisle to prop up Netanyahu-led government after report says party possesses 'embarrassing' material on her personal life