Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid, who – according to the latest numbers from Channel 12 – stands at 18 seats in the Tuesday elections, assured that "[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu doesn't have 61," adding that he will wait for the official results, while speaking at a post-election conference.
"However, according to the current results, a government that is made up of the voices of dangers and dark Kahanists will not come to be," he said.
"Three months ago, we brought down the government. We were the fourth largest party in Israel and now we are the second largest and leading the change bloc. We did it with responsibility, we made sure to keep all the parties in the bloc above the threshold and to keep alive the chance of change in Israel," he said.
Lapid's anti-Netanyahu bloc seemingly failed to win a majority, according to the exit polls.
"Throughout the campaign, I said to our Knesset members that our children watch us on TV so let’s have them be proud of us and the way we conduct ourselves. Tonight, we can be proud of the way we handled ourselves and of the result."
Lapid added that he already initiated conversations with other party leaders to figure out the next step, but insisted that "we will do everything we can to birth a sane government." He ended by thanking his voters.