With some 95% of the votes counted, right-wing bloc holds a large lead over the Left • New Right, Moshe Feiglin's Zehut party fail to pass minimum threshold • Arab parties win nine total seats, fewer than in 20th Knesset • Haredi parties hold strong.

German interior ministry says the main targets of the raids were WorldWide Resistance-Help and Ansaar International, which are believed to have collected funds for Hamas "under the guise of humanitarian aid."

The Blue and White party raised the banner of unity, reconciliation and statesmanship in its election campaign. But there was another side to their purported purist rhetoric, one that spoke of the enemy, in other words, the Right.

U.S. President Donald Trump praises Egypt's efforts to confront terrorism, saying "a lot of progress has been made" • Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi agrees relations between Cairo and Washington have never been better.

If the American peace plan is unveiled before the next government is established, it could justify a move toward a national unity government so that the proposal isn't rejected.