Opposition Leader Yair Lapid referred on X to the election results. 'I also wanted a clear, immediate victory, one you go to sleep with – that's not what we got,' he said. 'This is not a knockout victory but a points victory and we're counting it too. Now comes the truly difficult part – trying to form a government. It will be hard.' He called for 'patience' and concluded: 'If you want to know if something is happening behind the quiet you hear now – the answer is yes.'