By Editorial Team of TLF 08 Nov 2026 at 17:34 · Cyprus time 17:07 Cyprus time · SUNDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2026 Herzog Hands Eisenkot the Mandate to Form Israel’s Next Government Israel. President Isaac Herzog handed Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to form a government at a ceremony in Jerusalem, covered live by Ynet. Eisenkot has 28 days to assemble a coalition and can ask Herzog for up to 14 more. Factions representing 67 incoming lawmakers recommended Eisenkot to Herzog, compared with 46 for Benjamin Netanyahu. Eisenkot is expected to meet Naftali Bennett this evening and Avigdor Liberman on Monday. Ynet · N12 Gulf of Oman. Al Jazeera’s open-source team says ship-tracking data placed the M/V Huda off Khor Fakkan in the UAE at 10:46 Cyprus time on Sunday, the last signal the team recorded after Saturday’s US strike. The data show the vessel left Sohar, Oman, on 2 November. The team could not independently establish which Iranian port the ship visited on its latest ...