Timeline of the investigation

28 October 2026, 21:07ReportedAccording to Noam Amir

Suspected foreign money behind vote buying

Police suspect money from a foreign country was used to buy votes. Suspects were arrested on election day.

29 October 2026, 09:47ReportedAccording to Unnamed senior official

An unnamed senior official: police intelligence was weak

Arrests continued, the report said. A senior official who was not named said police intelligence was weak.

29 October 2026, 10:44Under investigation

Seven suspects, and the detention will be extended

Four more people were arrested in the Negev, the report said, seven in all. In one case investigators looked at payment for a vote for Ra'am. Lahav 433 and the southern district are on the case.

29 October 2026, 11:17ReportedAccording to Noam Amir

Noam Amir: the affair was on the radar before the vote

Amir said the story was known about two weeks before the election. The attorney general asked Solberg to cancel a meeting between the prime minister and the commissioner. Solberg allowed it, with limits.

29 October 2026, 11:19Under investigation

The Shin Bet confirms: an investigation is open

Justice Noam Solberg told Shin Bet chief David Zini to examine suspected foreign funding. The Shin Bet confirmed an investigation had been opened.

29 October 2026, 11:20ReportedAccording to Gilad Ach

Fuel cards for a vote? Pictures from the Negev

Gilad Ach published a photograph of used single-use fuel cards, the report said, and a station at the Shoket junction was described as crowded. Bedouin drivers in Meitar were quoted. The report noted that the photograph alone does not prove the cards were used at a polling station.

The photograph does not show who bought the cards or who received them.

Official response: The police also said they had received no unusual reports about fuel cards in the south.

29 October 2026, 11:35ReportedAccording to Yair Maayan

The mayor of Arad: this is how a vote is bought

Yair Maayan described family deals: cash envelopes or fuel cards, scaled to the size of the household. He said that this time they went for the whole pot.

29 October 2026, 11:46Under investigationAccording to Unnamed senior police officer

An unnamed senior officer, on Segalovich

A senior officer who was not named said Yoav Segalovich once commanded the heads of the units now investigating, and called for an independent body. Solberg said it was still too early to judge how reliable that was.

29 October 2026, 12:30Official responseAccording to Isaac Herzog

Herzog: criminals should be investigated and punished

President Isaac Herzog spoke with Solberg and with Zini about the suspicions.

29 October 2026, 12:46Under investigation

The state comptroller warned. The Shin Bet stayed silent.

A published analysis said the state comptroller pointed in July to gaps in readiness for foreign interference. The Shin Bet and the National Security Council had not answered four days before the election.

29 October 2026, 12:50Under investigationAccording to Gadi Eisenkot

Eisenkot was briefed by Zini and backed the investigation

Gadi Eisenkot was briefed by Zini and backed an examination of harm to election integrity.

29 October 2026, 13:23ReportedAccording to Gilad Ach

Gilad Ach: hundreds of reports about envelopes and fuel cards

Ach said in an interview that hundreds of accounts had reached him from committee members about cash envelopes and fuel cards in exchange for a vote for Ra'am, in the north and the south. He attributed the money to crime groups.

29 October 2026, 14:06Under investigation

It looked as if the Mossad would join the investigation

The Mossad was approached, the report said, to trace money routes. At that hour the decision was not yet final.

29 October 2026, 14:12Reported

A recording from Hura: a man says he handed money out

A conversation at a polling station in Hura was recorded, the report said, and in it a man says he handed money out for Ra'am and the Joint List. The report noted that the recording does not prove a vote was traded. The speaker talks about travel expenses.

29 October 2026, 15:09ReportedAccording to Sagi Kizler, Likud

Likud: 1,183 complaints on election day

Sagi Kizler, of the Likud integrity desk, said complaints had been filed about forgery, cash, fuel cards, food vouchers and ride apps, and that none had been handled. He named Majdal Shams, Bir Hadaj, Umm al-Fahm and Rahat, and said observers had been threatened.

29 October 2026, 15:11Under investigationAccording to Movement for Quality Government

The Movement for Quality Government: investigate the Shin Bet

The movement wrote to the attorney general, the report said, demanding an investigation of Zini for not passing intelligence in time, before the election.

29 October 2026, 15:19Reported

In Iran, the Telegraph reported, they looked at recruiting agents

The Telegraph reported that Iranian officials said Tehran had looked at recruiting agents for election processes in Israel and the United States, and at cyber groups.

29 October 2026, 16:33ReportedAccording to Amit Halevi

Amit Halevi: in Rahat they offered 400, then 800

MK Amit Halevi said that around 20:00 at Al-Hikma school in Rahat residents were offered cash and then fuel vouchers. He showed a record of it to Solberg.

29 October 2026, 16:52Reported

In the count: Likud 27, no bloc with 61

With 97.3% of the votes counted, the report said: the coalition 53, the change bloc 48, the Joint List 11, Ra'am 8.

29 October 2026, 17:02Under investigationAccording to A Shin Bet source

A Shin Bet source: the suspicion is serious, we will keep checking

A Shin Bet source told Boaz Golan, the report said, that the suspicion was serious enough to keep the examination going.

29 October 2026, 17:28Official responseAccording to David Zini

The Shin Bet: Solberg was the only person outside the service who knew

The Shin Bet said Zini briefed Netanyahu, Eisenkot and Lapid, and that the information was gathered inside the service and did not come from a party.

29 October 2026, 17:55ReportedAccording to Moshe Feiglin

Feiglin: freeze the results

Moshe Feiglin wrote to Solberg, the report said, demanding that certification of the results be frozen. He mentions threats against secretaries, and asks about an instruction that loosened the identity check so the lines would not build up.

30 October 2026, 00:45Official responseAccording to Dean Livne

The Elections Committee published the official results

The Elections Committee published the official results: turnout 77.9%, 5,690,778 valid votes, and a threshold of 184,947. Dean Livne said the investigation would not change the results, and that they would be sent to the president on 4 November.

30 October 2026, 10:53Under investigationAccording to Amit Assa

A former Shin Bet official: why the Mossad is in the investigation

Amit Assa said in an interview that following the money runs through front charities and accounts abroad. That is a line of inquiry.

30 October 2026, 16:23Under investigation

The Mossad joins the investigation

The Mossad joined, at the Shin Bet's request, the investigation of suspected interference in the election, the report said. N12 reported it on 30 October 2026. No separate statement from the Mossad itself was published here.

1 November 2026, 07:40Under investigation

The police, and the question of whether the case was closed

The police are examining the suspects' phones.

Official response: The police reject briefings that say the case was closed.

1 November 2026, 15:11Under investigation

The Shin Bet is examining funds to an MK from the Joint List

There is a suspicion that a member of Knesset from the Joint List, whose name has not been published, received money from a foreign country.

1 November 2026, 15:43Under investigation

Two were released, one stayed in custody

One suspect was released with no conditions, the report said. A second was sent to house arrest and the police appealed. A third will stay in custody until Tuesday.

1 November 2026, 17:50ReportedAccording to Avichai Shorshan

Ad Kan: an estimate of 200,000 to 220,000, not a count

Ad Kan says Avichai Shorshan estimates "around 200,000 to 220,000 votes, worth about five seats." That is a comparison of turnout rates. He says: "Any analysis shows this will not change the election results."

(translated from Hebrew)

Official response: Dean Livne, of the Elections Committee: "To the best of our knowledge there is no basis to the claims of systematic harm to election integrity." (translated from Hebrew)

1 November 2026, 20:05ReportedAccording to Likud

Likud attacks Solberg

Likud said a black cloud hangs over the election results.

1 November 2026, 20:15Under investigationAccording to David Zini

Zini was reported to have complained to Solberg about limits on the investigation

David Zini met Solberg and complained that the legal advisers were limiting the investigation, the report said.

Official response: The Shin Bet: "We do not comment on what is said in closed meetings." (translated from Hebrew)

1 November 2026, 20:35ReportedAccording to Ilan Bombach, Likud

Likud to the attorney general: investigate hundreds of suspicions

Advocate Ilan Bombach wrote for Likud, the report said. The letter describes collecting voters' identities in real time, by hand and in apps, and passing them on; suspected vote buying, impersonation and double voting; threats and unauthorized people behind the screen; refusal to record events in the protocol. Solberg issued an interim order on election day to stop the collection. According to the letter, the activity continued.

2 November 2026, 11:26Under investigationAccording to Eran Tzabari

House arrest lifted for another suspect

The Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court lifted house arrest for another suspect in the Ra'am affair. Another suspect's detention was extended until Wednesday, 4 November, after a police appeal. An arrest is not a conviction.

Official response: Judge Eran Tzabari: "The harm is not worth the king's trouble." (translated from Hebrew)

2 November 2026, 13:14Official responseAccording to Central Elections Committee

The Elections Committee: about 10,000 reports on election day

The Elections Committee said about 10,000 reports of suspected harm to election integrity came in on election day.

Official response: The Central Elections Committee: "All of the incidents were closed after they were handled." (translated from Hebrew)

2 November 2026, 13:47ReportedAccording to Avigdor Lieberman

Lieberman claims the Palestinian Authority was involved

Avigdor Lieberman says there is a suspicion the Palestinian Authority was involved in the election. Israel Hayom quoted him: "The Palestinian Authority is stirring the pot here" and "Even though the PA influenced the election, it was not stolen. There is no fear of forgeries."

(translated from Hebrew)

2 November 2026, 17:50Under investigation

The Shin Bet aims to finish the check on Wednesday

The Shin Bet is trying to finish by Wednesday, 4 November, its check of suspected foreign interference, the report said. One line being examined is the Palestinian Authority. These are suspicions under examination.

2 November 2026, 18:45Official responseAccording to Noam Solberg

Solberg rejected the Likud request

Justice Noam Solberg rejected Likud's request to convene the Elections Committee presidium before the results are certified.

Official response: Justice Noam Solberg: "Elections have results. Those results do not depend on the consent of the majority bloc in the outgoing Knesset, or of its representatives." (translated from Hebrew)