🇮🇱⚡- Senior Likud figures Yuli Edelstein and Gilad Erdan have announced their departure from the party, arguing that Likud "no longer represents its voters" and stating that they "will not participate in any narrow [minor] coalition government." Edelstein announces he will create a new right-wing party for the upcoming elections.

Note, Edelstein was one of the most prominent proponents of extending military conscription to the ultra-Orthodox community, a stance that fractured the then Likud-led coalition. The disputes drove a wedge between Netanyahu and several of his ultra-Orthodox allies, contributing to the collapse of the bloc, some of which, such as Avigdor Lieberman, have become staunch anti-Netanyahu figures, who has since labelled the Likud government "pro-Shia."

After causing the initial rift within the right-wing bloc, Edelstein jumps off the sinking Likud ship.