Can't reach the ballot box because of the floods: "Stuck on the road, postpone the vote"

Floods in the south blocked Route 90 on election day, leaving residents of the Arava stranded on the road and demanding that voting hours be extended. The Central Elections Committee will discuss the Netanyahu bloc's request for an extension.

Floods in southern Israel blocked Route 90 from Eilat to Ein Gedi on election day, 27 October 2026, preventing residents of the Arava — including residents of the Tamar Regional Council and Neot HaKikar — from reaching polling stations before they closed at 20:00. Yoni Stern, a resident of Neot HaKikar, said that he and other residents are stuck on the road and are demanding that voting hours be extended or the road be opened. Earlier, Likud appealed to the chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg, demanding an extension of voting. Otzma Yehudit, Shas and Amcha Yisrael later joined the request. Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! expressed opposition, while Naftali Bennett's Bichad and Yair Golan's Democrats joined the request. The Central Elections Committee announced that it will discuss the request. The article describes the additional road closures in the south, including Routes 25, 40, 12 and 13, and the unusual rainfall amounts: 17 mm in three hours at Har Sagov and 8.4 mm at Neot Smadar.