Former top general gets a shot at forming Israeli government

Israel's former military chief Benny Gantz was tasked Wednesday with forming the next government, but he has few options after last month's elections left him in a near tie with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Netanyahu was given the first opportunity to form a government after assembling a large right-wing bloc but announced this week that he had failed to build a 61-seat majority.Gantz faces similarly steep odds, raising the possibility that Israel will hold a third election in less than a y