以色列中央选举委员会周二表示，由于该国大选投票率高，投票站可能延长开放时间，超过原定的晚上10点（格林尼治标准时间20点）的关闭时间。
Israel’s Central Elections Committee said Tuesday that polling stations may remain open beyond the scheduled closing time of 10 p.m. (2000GMT) amid high voter turnout in the country’s general elections.
该委员会代理总干事迪恩·利夫内表示，如果选民仍在排队等候，投票站将在截止时间后继续运营，以色列《时代报》新闻网站报道了此事。
Dean Livne, acting director general of the committee, said polling stations would continue operating after the deadline if voters were still waiting in line, The Times of Israel news outlet reported.
“许多投票站都有排队队伍。当投票率很高时，总会有队伍，”利夫内在议会选举委员会指挥中心的一次通报中表示。
“At many polling stations, there are lines. When you reach a high voter turnout, there will always be lines,” Livne said during an update from the committee’s command center at the Knesset.
“我们承诺，每个人都将投票。如果晚上10点还有排队队伍，投票站将继续运营，直到所有在晚上10点前到达的人都投票完毕。无需担心，”他补充道。
“We promise, everyone will vote. If there is a line at 10 p.m., the polling stations will continue to operate until everyone who arrived by 10 p.m. has voted. There is no need to worry,” he added.
以色列各地早上7点（格林尼治标准时间5点）开始投票，超过730万名合格选民将选举120个席位的议会议员。
Voting began at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) across Israel, with more than 7.3 million eligible voters choosing representatives for the 120-seat Knesset.
选举委员会此前报告称，中午（格林尼治标准时间10点）时投票率已达到31.5%，比上次选举高出三个多百分点，是自1973年以来该时段记录的最高数字。据委员会称，中午时分约有239万名选民已投票。
The Election Committee earlier reported that voter turnout had reached 31.5% by noon (1000 GMT), more than three percentage points higher than in the previous elections and the highest figure recorded at that hour since 1973. Approximately 2.39 million voters had cast their ballots by noon, according to the committee.
此次选举是以色列自2023年10月开始对加沙地带发动种族灭绝战争以来的首次大选。
The elections are Israel’s first general vote since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023.