Jerusalem, Oct. 28 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has alleged that the general election, whose vote counting is currently underway, was stolen, issuing a sweeping statement accusing Arab political parties of widespread voter fraud, bribery, and violence across Arab polling stations and calling for an investigation.

In a statement shared by Netanyahu on X, Likud claimed that systemic criminal activities severely compromised the integrity of the election results.

"The elections in the State of Israel were stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the elimination of the Jewish state through serious criminal offences of bribery, threats, violence, forgeries, and the use of prohibited software to mobilise ...