PM reportedly tells ministers to prepare for transition of power; Netanyahu tasks Levin with coalition negotiations; Shas leader Deri may become finance minister, report says

Meretz minister Esawi Frej says Labor leader Merav Michaeli's 'delusions of grandeur' brought about the center-left's electoral downfall

Netanyahu calls surveys 'a good start' as Religious Zionism's Smotrich hails 'historic' win, while Yesh Atid calls for patience and Ayelet Shaked concedes

Lapid says election hangs on a thread, Likud and allies claim leftist strongholds seeing long lines, and several parties warn they're falling below threshold as voting nears end

Party leaders cast their ballots and encourage citizens to do the same before voting ends at 10 p.m.; Beit Shemesh polling station attacked by extremists

In pre-election event at capital's Zion Square, Merav Michaeli blames rivals for 'organized and planned' incitement that led to former PM's murder 27 years ago

'The time has come to fight for our truth,' Transportation Minister Michaeli says as she rides line in northern city

Labor chief already under fire for seeking to run TA light rail on Jewish day of rest; Likud's Karhi charges transportation minister joins ranks of 'greatest oppressors of Israel'

Religion reporter Judah Ari Gross looks at sexual abuse stats and civil marriage via Zoom, and Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn discusses train service and the Balad party

Lanes open to drivers headed south to Hashalom Interchange as of Sunday morning under authority supervision