JERUSALEM: Israel is bracing for an unprecedented third election in under a year with voters eyeing an end to the deadlock, but polls indicate another tight race despite criminal charges against the prime minister.

Two previous votes in April and September last year failed to produce a clear winner between right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz, who heads the centrist Blue and White party.

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