Israel’s election ended on Tuesday without a clear winner, exit polls suggest, potentially setting the stage for weeks of negotiations to form a government and leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future uncertain.

Exit polls released by major Israeli television stations indicated that neither Netanyahu’s political bloc nor the parties supporting his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, secured the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority.

The election was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s leadership following Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack and the regional conflicts that followed.…