Pakistan, Oct. 28 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alliance is leading in early election results but remains short of a parliamentary majority. Preliminary figures show the alliance ahead of its rivals as vote counting continues across Israel. However, neither major political bloc has secured enough seats to form a government independently.

According to Israeli media reports, officials have counted more than 2.7 million votes so far. This represents approximately 57% of the total votes cast in the election. The figures remain provisional, and further counting could change the current distribution of parliamentary seats.

Early results give Netanyahu's alliance the lead in 56 seats. Meanwhile, the opposition alliance led by ...