After a week of gradual rise in temperatures that was not particularly unusual for the season, an extreme sharav heat wave is expected in the coming week.According to Meteorological Service forecasters, today will see an increase in temperatures and heat stress. In the mountains and inland it will become dry, and in the coastal plain humid. Heavy to extreme heat stress will prevail in most areas.Tomorrow will see a slight drop in temperatures in the north of the country but the heat wave will continue, and heavy to extreme heat stress will prevail in most parts of the country.On Tuesday the heat wave will intensify and sharav conditions will develop in the mountains and inland. The coastal plain will be humid and heavy to extreme heat stress will prevail in most areas.Only Thursday will the heat stress decrease and temperatures will return to normal for the season Friday.

The IDF's unusual deployment the northern border continues this morning, amid assessment that Hezbollah is planning attack.

Firefighters bring blaze in residential building under control after rescuing family with small baby.

Over 3,000 traffic citations were issued the country's roads over the weekend.During police operations, 44 driver"s licenses were revoked and 15 vehicles were disabled.

A 70-year-old worker was injured while working in a quarry near Beit Shemesh.MDA paramedics report a man trapped and unconscious, in the process of being rescued.

The suspect in spraying pepper spray at protesters was released to house arrest for three days.The suspect, a 34-year-old resident of Ramat Gan, was arrested after spraying the gas at protest participants at Aluf Sadeh Interchange.

Knesset Finance Committee Chairman Moshe Gafni this morning said at the committee's discussion: "The State needs a budget. It doesn't matter if it's annual or biennial. I already agreed to cede this matter."

A simple instruction left to us by Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, 448 years since his passing. 'The Daily Portion' of Sivan Rahav-Meir.