Four men were arrested after a violent altercation broke out at a polling station in the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel on Tuesday.
Video of the Election Day incident showed a number of men fighting, holding chairs, and one man lying on the ground seemingly unconscious.
The fight was reportedly not election-related but broke out when members of rival families arrived to vote at the same location at the same time.
Also in Rahat, masked individuals riding on horses and camels through the city were seen waving political flags and playing loud music.
Residents in the area alleged that Border Police officers were present at polling sites across various localities to ensure order as people arrived to vote.
Additional claims suggest that polling station staff are intentionally prolonging the voting process for individual voters by taking too much time to examine the identification cards presented to them.
Arab voter turnout surges
Meanwhile, in Rahat, voter turnout reached 72.2% by 6 p.m., up 12.66% when compared to 2022 - the largest increase seen across four of Israel's Arab-majority cities.
Increases in turnout have been seen in other Arab-majority cities including Umm al-Fahm, Kafr Qasim, and Nazareth, which all experienced an increase of 3-4 percentage points compared to the previous election
Record voter turnout across the country shows a similar trend, reaching 74.3% by 8 p.m., up 8 points compared to the same time in the 2022 election.
At the same time, haredi (ultra-Orthodox) majority cities across Israel recorded turnout figures that remained substantially below their final 2022 totals.
Shir Perets contributed to this report.