Three major TV channels predict victory for Netanyahu. While the Likud party is set to win 36-37 parliamentary seats, the Blue and White will be reduced to 32-33.
The Presidential election race now heads to Super Tuesday, when voters in 14 states will go to the polls and present a test for the remaining candidates
Reports claim this is the first time any Pope has missed Lenten retreat since 1950. Pope who continued to cough and sneeze also dismissed Indian priest convicted for rape