Weather forecast: Today will be clear with heavier heat. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy to clear. There will be some reduction in heat. Temperatures will be normal for the season.Wednesday will be partly cloudy to clear with further reduction in heat.

IDF fighter jets, tanks and aircraft attacked military positions and underground infrastructure of the Hamas terrorist organization in the southern Gaza Strip early Monday morning.The IDF Spokesperson"s Unit said that the attack was carried out in response to the firing of incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip toward Israeli territory during the day.

The Knesset Finance Committee early Monday morning approved for its second and third readings the bill that would allow for a 120-day postponement of the deadline to approve the budget.The bill is based In a compromise proposed by MK Zvi Hauser (Derech Eretz) which is meant to resolve the coalition crisis over the budget. The compromise stipulated that the deadline for the approval of the budget would be postponed by 100 days, but during the night it was decided to change the deadline for the approval of the budget to December 23.

Iran said Sunday that a visit this week by the head of the UN"s atomic watchdog agency to Tehran has nothing to do with a US push to impose so-called "snapback" sanctions In Iran, The Associated Press reports.On Saturday, it was announced that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi will head to Tehran next week to press Iranian authorities for access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material.

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Minister Amir Peretz said this morning in an interview with Galei Tzahal that "the danger of elections in the immediate term of the next three months has passed, but it exists."He said, "We have an orderly agreement, each clause was examined to create stability. Why is Netanyahu looking for ways to circumvent the agreement? He will not find a more decent partner than Gantz, who has not moved an inch."

US Secretary of State to meet with Netanyahu, Gantz, and Ashkenazi, before continuing In to Arab states to promote further peace deals.

Synagogues and community centers are closed, but the Jewish community has found ways to make things work - mostly.