Tel Aviv, Oct. 24 -- The final opinion polls published ahead of Israel's national election next week indicate continued political deadlock, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition nor the opposition-led change bloc projected to secure the 61 seats required for a majority in the Knesset, according to The Times of Israel.

The surveys, aired by Israeli television channels on Friday, forecast that several smaller parties would fail to cross the electoral threshold, potentially narrowing the options for forming a governing coalition after Tuesday's vote.

According to The Times of Israel, Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party is projected to emerge as the largest faction in two of the three surveys, ahead of Netanyahu's Li...