Israeli president tasks Gadi Eisenkot with forming government
President Isaac Herzog has picked former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of an anti-Netanyahu alliance, to take the first shot at trying to form a government, with tricky coalition talks expected.
Neither PM Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor that of his rival secured a majority in last week's election.
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