Israel will hold its third general election in less than a year after a deadline was missed for any lawmaker to form a majority coalition. MPs are now expected to set the election date for 2 March. Ahead of the midnight (22:00 GMT) deadline, they gave initial approval to a bill to dissolve parliament. Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, Benny Gantz, failed in their own attempts following September's inconclusive election. The two leaders also could not agree on a power-sharing arrangement.