Israelis go to the polls Tuesday after final legal surveys published around the October 23 cutoff. The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, and Jewish Insider said Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar-led change bloc leads Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud-led camp, but neither path looks close to the 61 seats needed to form a government alone.

A Maariv weekend poll put the opposition change bloc at 54 seats and Netanyahu's bloc at 48. A Channel 13 poll had the change bloc at 54 and Netanyahu's bloc at 50. Eisenkot's Yashar led party lists with about 21 to 22 seats across the late polls, with Likud near 19 to 20 and Naftali Bennett's B'Yachad near 14 to 15, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Haaretz said Arab-majority parties were in a 14-to-16-seat band in the final surveys. Small parties hovering near the 3.25 percent threshold could still shift the math once ballots are counted. Jewish Insider described the picture as a stalemate heading into Election Day.

Campaign billboards lined highways in the final days. The pages stressed that seat math after the vote will decide who can bargain for a coalition. Results after polls close are a separate follow-up for editors.

Campaign ads filled highways in the final legal window before silence rules took hold. Party aides watched whether tiny lists clear the vote floor, since a few seats can tip talks. Voters will decide Tuesday whether the poll lead holds once real ballots are counted.

Polls are only a guide before real votes. Party teams will watch small lists that sit near the cutoff. A few seats can change the math.

What we know: Final polls show Eisenkot's bloc ahead and both camps short of 61 seats.
What we don't: Tuesday's seat totals, turnout, and who can assemble a coalition.