Knesset's first deaf member vows to keep fighting for disabled rights; former Yamina director-general Shirley Weinstein also confirms she won't enlist in new right-wing party

Hendel says former PM needs to be 'pensioned off, sitting in Hawaii drinking a shake,' while Shaked says there is no unity government without Likud under Netanyahu

Party refugees have the potential to tip election outcome, but many are waiting to see party slates to decide – likely skewing political polls

Faction leaders Shaked and Hendel unify to raise both of their political fortunes, and their unity government appeal might put them in position to crown Israel's next leader

TV survey gives combined Yamina-Derech Eretz slate 4 seats, potentially helping Netanyahu get to 61; Smotrich and Ben Gvir running separately would gain more seats than if united

Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on a new political party; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the IDF's Hamas 'big reveals'; Lazar Berman on refugees in Uman

Heads of Yamina and Derech Eretz parties say they will shoot for a unity government that includes both Netanyahu-led Likud and center-left, but not Arabs