Jerusalem, Oct. 28 -- Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot, the leading opposition candidate, has stated that the election results constitute a clear vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration, pledging to press ahead with efforts to oust the government even though his political bloc remains well short of a parliamentary majority.

"This is the will of the people, who expressed no confidence in the government of October 7 and draft evasion, and in the draft-dodgers' bloc as a whole," Eisenkot wrote on X, taking direct aim at Netanyahu and his political allies.

According to The Times of Israel, Netanyahu's bloc also falls considerably short of a majority. Pro-Netanyahu parties control 53 of the Knesset's 120 seat...