Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasks Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming new government after elections leave both Eisenkot's bloc and Prime

Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasks Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming new government after elections leave both Eisenkot's bloc and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alliance short of majority ● Eisenkot has 28 days to form government, with possible 14-day extension ● Factions representing 67 Knesset members recommend Eisenkot, while 46 back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ● Seven-member faction declines to recommend candidate