Israeli exit polls show election deadlock, no clear path to power

Israels election appeared deadlocked on Tuesday with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor rival Gadi Eisenkot showing a clear path to power exit polls showed after record turnout in a wartime vote that raised the prospect of prolonged coalition bargaining or another election The stalemate could work in Netanyahus favour allowing the prime minister to remain in power in a caretaker capacity while parties try to forge a governing coalition