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Less than a month before the general elections scheduled for October 27, a recent Israeli opinion poll showed that opposition parties would secure 53 seats compared to 51 for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc.

The poll published by the newspaper "Maariv" on Friday indicated that Arab parties would receive 12 seats, while the "Reserve" party led by Yoaz Hendel would get 4 seats.

According to the poll, neither Netanyahu's bloc nor the opposition reached the threshold of 61 seats out of 120 (the total number of Knesset members) needed to form a new government.

Most leaders of the opposition parties announced their refusal to rely on the support of Arab parties to form a government, leaving the prospects for forming a ruling coalition uncertain according to the poll results.

Maariv reported that Netanyahu's bloc strengthened its position by two seats compared to a previous poll, reaching 51 seats, while the opposition parties dropped by two seats to 53.

According to the poll results, "Likud" led by Netanyahu would receive 19 seats, "Jewish Power" led by Itamar Ben Gvir would get 9, "Shas" would have 7, "United Torah Judaism" would also have 7, "Religious Zionism" led by Bezalel Smotrich would secure 5, and "Your Israel" led by Ofer Winter would receive 4 seats.

In the opposition ranks, the "Yesh Atid" party led by Gadi Eisenkot would get 21 seats, "Yamina" led by Naftali Bennett would secure 13, "Democrats" led by Yair Golan would receive 10, and "Yisrael Beiteinu" led by Avigdor Lieberman would get 9 seats.

The Joint List led by Yusuf Jabareen would receive 7 seats, and the United Arab List led by Mansour Abbas would get 5 seats, while the "Reserve" party would secure 4 seats.

The newspaper noted that Netanyahu narrowed the gap with Eisenkot in a question about who is the most suitable person to lead the government, as he received 47 percent compared to 41 percent for Eisenkot.

In a matchup against Naftali Bennett, the latter received 45 percent compared to 41 percent for Netanyahu, while Netanyahu led Avigdor Lieberman with 44 percent against 39 percent.

The Prime Minister in Israel is not elected directly; rather, the person who is able to gather a parliamentary majority and gain the confidence of at least 61 members is tasked with forming the government.

The poll showed that 67 percent of Israelis feel varying degrees of concern about the possibility of a security event on the scale of the October 7, 2023 attack, including 43 percent who said they feel "moderate" concern and 24 percent who feel "severe" concern.

Meanwhile, 26 percent said they do not feel concerned about a similar scenario, while 7 percent did not specify their position.