After the president said on Election Day he was cutting $4 billion, analysts say the money is being repackaged under the defense bill, with less congressional oversight.
Likud won the most seats but could not reach a majority. Isaac Herzog gave the mandate to the former army chief, who has up to six weeks to build a coalition.
WatchThe president announced the end of military aid on Election Day in a Fox News phone interview, saying he and Netanyahu struck the deal months ago. Details remain unclear.
WatchFinal results show the far-right bloc fell from 68 seats to 53 as Arab-majority parties won a record 19. Likud says the vote was stolen; the elections committee says there is no basis for that.
Turnout topped 77%, the highest in more than two decades, and Netanyahu led Eisenkot in the party tally even as opposition groups combined drew more votes than his bloc.
WatchLikud is the largest party, but neither Netanyahu's bloc nor the opposition reaches 61 seats, and record Arab-party gains could decide who governs.
WatchNetanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, faces former military chief Gadi Eisenkot in the first vote since the Gaza war, and polls show neither man has a clear path to a majority.
WatchIsrael is demolishing homes and forcing hundreds of Palestinians out of a Hebron neighborhood after gunmen killed two soldiers at a checkpoint, three days before an election Netanyahu is struggling to win.
At least five people were wounded, some critically. Netanyahu blames Hamas and says the group was planning a major attack as Israelis prepare to vote Tuesday.
WatchThe president withheld his backing for months as the two leaders' strategies diverged, then called Netanyahu a "Great Warrior Prime Minister" and said America would have to do the work itself if Israel picks someone else.
WatchTwo off-duty pilots among the 174 passengers helped take control of Flight FZ1073, which landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The jet had transmitted both emergency and hijacking codes.
Israel's prime minister spoke to a mostly empty General Assembly hall, called genocide accusations "the greatest lie of the century" and aimed his sharpest lines at New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, weeks before Israeli elections.
Video shows a gray car reversing up a hill before four men in dark clothing jumped out with sticks. Three journalists and a 51-year-old woman were treated for injuries.
Israel's prime minister told his Cabinet on Sunday that the framework drawn up by Trump's Board of Peace is unacceptable, insisting Hamas surrender every weapon first. Hamas signed on to the framework in July.
Netanyahu's office says it has serious concerns about the sequencing of Trump's 20-point plan, warning that a withdrawal before Hamas actually gives up its arms would let the group expand again.
Four Palestinians from one family and two Israeli soldiers died near the village of Tell. Netanyahu ordered troops in and new settlement outposts built; settlers burned homes across more than a dozen villages.
For the first time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition says it will not comply with a court ruling, prompting all of Israel's living former chief justices to warn of the end of the rule of law.
WatchPresident Trump confirmed a White House meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming within weeks, even as advisers grumble that 'Bibi was wrong about everything' on Iran.
An Israeli airstrike on the Dahieh district, in retaliation for a Hezbollah drone attack, underscored the fragility of a U.S.-brokered truce that has been broken almost daily.
WatchThe two adversaries traded their heaviest fire since April's ceasefire over the weekend before pulling back Monday, with President Trump's late-night call to Benjamin Netanyahu credited with averting a major strike on Tehran.
Israeli opposition leaders attack Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for allowing the United States to make Israel's security decisions following direct pressure from President Trump.
Multiple officials say the president told Israel's leader that the U.S. and Iran were within days of a breakthrough clearing the way for long-term nuclear negotiations.
Both nations have agreed to pause hostilities following phone call between Netanyahu and Trump, though each warns of readiness to resume attacks at any time.
The attack near the Kochav Yair junction sent emergency teams racing to the scene on Sunday as Israeli police launched a manhunt and recovered the weapon.
Haredi protesters blocked highways, halted trains near Ben-Gurion Airport and set cars ablaze after the arrest of yeshiva students who evaded conscription, piling pressure on Netanyahu's fragile coalition.
Under pressure from President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu held off from attacking Beirut but vowed to continue the campaign against Hezbollah, threatening ongoing peace talks with Iran.
Israeli forces captured the 900-year-old hilltop fortress near Nabatiyeh as Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered troops beyond the Litani River, with the defense minister vowing soldiers 'will remain there' as part of a security zone.
Thousands flee southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital after Prime Minister announces widening military campaign against Hezbollah.
The prime minister said Israel already controls 60% of the territory and directed the army to push further — a move critics say breaches the October 2025 truce and would squeeze two million Palestinians into an ever-smaller strip of land.
Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement comes as Israeli military strikes more than 70 Hezbollah sites in past 24 hours amid broader Middle East conflict.
Israeli officials say Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed personally drove the prime minister from plane to palace during Operation Roaring Lion; Iran's foreign minister called any such collusion 'unforgivable.'
Israeli Prime Minister faces domestic criticism as most Israelis wanted continued fight against Hezbollah, critics question his ability to stand up to President Trump.
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Lebanese government reached agreement, but Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah has not confirmed if it will abide by the temporary truce.
Prime Minister Netanyahu agreed to pause attacks on Hezbollah but Israeli troops will not withdraw from occupied positions.
WatchNetanyahu declared the truce "does not include Lebanon" and unleashed the largest coordinated air campaign since March, killing 254 people in a single day as Vice President Vance flew to Islamabad for nuclear talks with Tehran.
Prime Minister Netanyahu vows to continue operations against Hezbollah as European diplomats call for Lebanon's inclusion in truce agreement.
Netanyahu frames escalating campaign against Tehran's leadership as effort to destabilize the regime from within