Al Jazeera reports that Israeli President Isaac Herzog has tasked Gadi Eisenkot, not Benjamin Netanyahu, with forming the next government after neither bloc won a majority in the 27 October election, giving him 28 days to assemble a 61-seat coalition. Netanyahu warned hours earlier that an opposition government backed by Arab-led parties would collapse Israel, while Ahmad Tibi predicts Eisenkot will head a minority government relying on outside Arab-party support.