Ofer Winter Expected to Reject Surplus Deal with Yoaz Hendel, May Consider Ben Gvir

Ofer Winter, chairman of the "Am Israel" party, is expected to refuse a surplus election agreement with Yoaz Hendel, chairman of the "Mothers for the Military" party, according to Kan News. However, Winter has not ruled out the possibility of a surplus deal with Itamar Ben-Gvir's "Otzma Yehudit" party.

The Likud party intends to pressure Ben-Gvir to sign a surplus agreement later on, despite their negative stance towards Winter. Earlier on Thursday, the "Change Bloc" parties announced their surplus agreements ahead of the elections.

Kan News also reported that Naftali Bennett, chairman of "Bayit Yehudi," and Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of "Yisrael Beiteinu," finalized their agreement, leaving Gadi Eisenkot's "Democratim LaMishpat Hayashar!" party to secure its own deal. Eisenkot was informed of Bennett and Lieberman's agreement before its announcement and subsequently signed a surplus deal with Yair Golan out of necessity, leading to simultaneous announcements.

In related news, following an interview on Channel 14, Yair Golan is suing Sara Netanyahu. After the submission of party lists, Netanyahu and Eisenkot appear to be gaining support, with the blocs currently in a tie.