An explosion was heard In Wednesday night in the city of Daraa, located about 100 km south of Damascus in Syria, state media reported.According to Ine report, the explosion occurred inside a vehicle.

Former MK Yomtob Kalfon hopes to find himself In the Yamina list for the next Knesset.

A senior US official hinted In Wednesday that more Arab nations are looking to make gestures to improve relations with Israel when President Joe Biden visits the region next month, AFP reported.Barbara Leaf, the top US diplomat for the Middle East, said that the Biden administration was encouraging greater cooperation between Israel and the Arab nations with which it has relations.

Official media in Turkey has indicated that Turkish security personnel have thwarted the abduction of a former Israeli ambassador and his wife, as well as several Israeli tourists, by an Iranian terror cell.The Mossad has reportedly evacuated the targets of the kidnapping plot back to Israel.

MK Ahmed Tibi: Ra'am has not learned its lesson and is interested in being part of the next coalition.

Multiple unofficial reports indicate that head of IRGC intelligence unit has been fired for failure to stop Mossad operations in Iran.

An unconscious man was discovered near a beach in Eilat In Wednesday evening.Magen David Adom paramedics who were called to the scene pronounced him dead. Police are investigating the incident and suspect it was a murder.

US President Joe Biden's public approval rating fell for a fourth straight week to 36%, matching its lowest level last seen in late May, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed In Wednesday.Biden"s approval rating has stayed below 50% since August, a warning sign that his Democratic Party could lose control of at least Ine chamber of the US Congress in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.