A video wall displays images of Benjamin Netanyahu with President Trump at a Likud party event before the release of the first exit poll results in Israel's general election, in Jerusalem, on Tuesday. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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Israeli voters turned out in their highest numbers in decades in a tense national election on Tuesday to decide whether to stick with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition or change course.

Netanyahu is in a tight race with his top rival, Gadi Eisenkot, a center-right former military chief of staff, according to early exit polls after voting ended at 10 p.m. local time.

But the final tally won't likely be known until Wednesday.…