Wednesday’s decision came after President Reuven Rivlin’s attempts to negotiate a union government between Netanyahu and his main rival, Benny Gantz, failed.

Rivlin and Netanyahu were due to make statements later Wednesday.

Netanyahu faces an uphill fight. After a tight election, his Likud party, along with smaller allied parties, controls 55 seats, less than the required majority of 61 seats in parliament.

His former ally, the Israel Beitenu party, refuses to participate in a government with the ultra-religious partners of Netanyahu. Moderate opposition parties are unlikely to support Netanyahu.

Now he has up to six weeks to form a coalition. If it fails, Gantz will probably have a chance.

According to the final official results announced on Wednesday, Blue and White finished first with 33 seats in the 120-seat parliament, slightly ahead of 32 Likud seats. Even with the support of smaller allies, both parties do not reach the required majority.

A total of 55 lawmakers recommended that Netanyahu lead the next government, while 54 lined up behind Gantz. The main energy corridor is Avigdor Lieberman, whose group Yisrael Beitenu controls 8 seats. Lieberman has refused to support any candidate and is pushing for a unity government.

The corruption investigation against Netanyahu looms over the process. The Israeli attorney general recommended accusing Netanyahu of bribery, fraud and abuse of trust in a series of scandals.

Netanyahu, who denies acting badly, must attend a hearing with the attorney general next week, after which a final decision on the charges is expected. Legal experts say the probability of prosecution is high.

Under Israeli law, the president’s first option is given within six weeks to form a coalition. If it fails, you can choose an alternative candidate to try. After that, the majority of parliament could offer a third name for prime minister. And if that fails, Israel would be forced to hold its third election in less than a year.

The woman was apprehended as she made attempts to ditch her disguise and Mexico City police quickly discounted her claim that she targeted the victims in a crime of passion, the BBC reported.

Alon Azulay, who is aged 41, and Benjamin Yeshurun Sutchi, aged 44, were shot Wednesday as they were having lunch at the restaurant in the luxury Plaza Artz mall, according to the BBC which identified them as alleged Israeli underworld figures.

The gunfire sent other diners diving for cover.

Mexico City police chief Jesus Orta said the woman told police Wednesday that “she had a sentimental relationship with one of the victims, who she met on social media, and that the attack was due to infidelity,” The Associated Press reported.

However, Ulises Lara, a spokesman for prosecutors in Mexico City, was quoted by the BBC as telling reporters Thursday that the incident “lead us to link the events to a settling of scores between criminal groups.”

Sutchi was a well-known Israeli crime boss who was imprisoned for years in Israel until February, according to the Times of Israel.

Israeli police reportedly suspect an Israeli criminal organization was behind the hit, according to the paper.

The suspected killer was identified by the paper as Esperanza Gutierrez Rojano, age 33.

Police suspect she carried out the killing with the aid of three accomplices.