Israeli president asks opposition leader Eisenkot to attempt forming a government

Israel's president has given opposition leader Eisenkot the task of trying to build a governing coalition. The mandate follows last week's election, in which neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor that of his main rival won a majority. Because no bloc secured enough seats to govern alone, coalition-building now falls to Eisenkot. The article provided is brief, so further details about timing and negotiations are not available here.