Exit polls in Israel's key legislative election on Tuesday suggested no clear victor, with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and main rival Gadi Eisenkot falling short of a majority.

Israel's Channel 13 news initially projected the opposition bloc would have the edge with 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, with Netanyahu's bloc set to win around 50.

The three mainstream Israeli television networks later gave the two blocs each around 51 seats, well below the 61 needed to gover...