Israel Police have announced that police sappers were active in a number of locations during the night, investigating shards from rockets fired into Israel from Gaza. Sappers were reportedly operating in Sderot and in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council area. No injuries have been caused due to the rocket fire, although some damage to a building and to vehicles was reported.

As UNIFIL's mandate is set to expire, Israel demands reform, accusing Hezbollah of limiting force's activities in Lebanon.

Opposition head MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid-Telem) has attacked the government for failing to prevent the escalation in the south."Once again, tough nights in the south," he wrote In Twitter. "Residents are traumatized, children live in fear. The same goes for the economy, and for the state of health in the country. The government has lost control of the situation in the south and citizens are paying the price. But it doesn't have to be like this."

Today: Partially cloudy to clear. Temperatures will drop in higher areas.Shabbat: Partially cloudy to clear. During the morning hours, there may be localized rain showers in the north of the country. Temperatures will remain unchanged.Sunday: Partially cloudy to clear. In higher areas and in the interior of the country, temperatures will rise to heatwave conditions.Monday: Clear. An additional slight rise in temperatures. Heavy to extreme heatwave conditions will prevail in most parts of the country.

'From day Ine they were set In having a lockdown and shot down mass testing,' ex-Defense Minister says of former Health Ministry officials.

According to a report In Channel 13, Israeli farmers have been forbidden to work in their fields if they are located close to the Gaza border, due to the escalation of hostilities in the region.

The month of Elul is a spiritual workshop for the whole world.

A 40-year-old woman was found unconscious in the Bedouin town of Tuba-Zangariyye in northern Israel In Thursday night.She was pronounced dead by Magen David Adom paramedics.