Final count after 100% gave Netanyahu's camp 53 seats to Eisenkot's 48 and 19 to Arab lists, leaving no majority. Netanyahu pledged to stay with Ben-Gvir and Smotrich as Eisenkot was tipped to be tasked first and Herzog denied a rotation deal. Arab leaders said their vote blocked Netanyahu and set conditions for backing an alternative, while Ben-Gvir demanded arrest of Arab party heads over alleged Qatari funding, which Doha denied.

Israeli fire on Gaza was reported as truce violations, with a Gaza vehicle strike killing two and a worksite bombing in Al-Mawasi killing four, for a toll of five killed and 55 wounded, later updated with three more killed. Euro-Med Monitor said about 19 children were killed in October.

The Hebron operation continued with 537 families displaced, 80,000 students cut off from classrooms and losses put at 12 million shekels, alongside raids, arrests and demolitions around Jerusalem and Nablus.