Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel dismantled their centrist-right Zionist Home merger citing 'the complex political reality.' Eisenkot refused to invite Hendel to merge with the Yashar party and also added social entrepreneur Adi Altschuler to his slate

Dr. Yolanda Yavor, who called to 'fight the traitor' in a post against the prime minister, was initially set to be charged with incitement to violence. Her attorney claims the charge was changed following a request by Likud to expedite the case

As the deadline to finalize party slates is looming, a last-minute merger between frontrunner Eisenkot and Bennett seems increasingly unlikely, with polls showing little upside. Netanyahu, meanwhile, is consolidating his bloc through new alliances

Israel's top court forbade Ben-Gvir from making appointments to senior police positions without approval from police leadership, and reinforced that decision last week. Still, the minister tried to push allies to key positions before the election

Rafi Ben Shitrit, in second place, whose son was killed on Oct. 7, is a founder of the October Council. Sharon Sharabi, in sixth place, is the brother of Yossi and Eli Sharabi, who were abducted on Oct. 7

The Israeli military said it struck southern Lebanon after Hezbollah militants launched two drones at IDF soldiers in the Israeli-occupied buffer zone. Israel reportedly struck Ghandour Hospital and destroyed a three-story residential building in one town

The EU is avoiding steps that could strengthen Benjamin Netanyahu with voters, while Naftali Bennett and Yair Golan have both visited the UAE. Jordan and Egypt, meanwhile, would welcome any Israeli government that replaces Netanyahu

During the course of the trial, Netanyahu had gone from being an opposition leader to the country's most powerful defendant. If Netanyahu is reelected, he'll try to have the charges dropped. If not, he risks losing his biggest leverage