India, Nov. 4 -- Israel's Central Elections Committee on Wednesday officially certified the results of last week's parliamentary elections, confirming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political bloc has failed to secure a majority in the Knesset.

The committee approved the results after reviewing allegations of electoral irregularities and found no evidence of fraud that could have compromised the election or changed its outcome. The results were subsequently handed over to President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday.

The final results show that Netanyahu's bloc secured 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, falling eight short of the 61 seats required for a parliamentary majority. The opposition bloc, led by Gadi Eisenkot, won 48 seats, w...