Israel's parliament was tasked with forming a government on Thursday after speaker Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin missed a deadline to seal an alliance, but negotiations between the sides were ongoing.
Israel's deeply divided 120-member parliament has no clear path towards a stable governing coalition, so the move risks prolonging the country's worst-ever political crisis.
But despite missing the Wednesday deadline, Gantz and Netanyahu could still agree on an emergency unity government to help Israel confront the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a joint statement, Gantz's Blue and White and Netanyahu's Likud said negotiators had resumed Thursday "toward establishing a national emergency government."
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