Bahrain is expected to announce the normalization of ties with Israel very soon, a senior Israeli official told Kan 11 News In Wednesday.According to the official, it is believed that the announcement will follow the signing of the agreement with the United Arab Emirates. The United States is interested in holding the signing ceremony before Rosh Hashanah, the report said.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has met with the secretary-general of Islamic Jihad, Ziyad al-Nakhalah in Beirut.The two discussed cooperation and coordination of their activities, especially those directed against Israel, as well as the "Deal of the Century" proposed by the US administration, normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE, and the blockade around Gaza.

Speaking with Yisrael Hayom in an interview that will be published in full tomorrow, Minister for Regional Cooperation Ofir Akunis said that the initial agreements signed between Israel and the United Arab Emirates would lead to an increase of $500 million in trade.According to Akunis, "This week, we saw the first signs of a new Middle East emerging. If we look at the history of agreements in recent years, we see that every true step toward peace was achieved by the right wing, and that disastrous attempts such as Oslo and the Disengagement were projects undertaken by the left, which resulted from a surrender to terror.

The BBC is investigating Ine of its journalists for an anonymous Twitter account In which he reportedly wrote anti-Israel posts.

Today will see a sharp rise in temperatures, mainly In higher ground and the interior of the country it will be humid in coastal regions, and heatwave conditions will intensify across the country.Tomorrow will be still hotter with heavy to extreme heatwave conditions in most parts of the country.On Shabbat and Sunday, there will be no discernible change in weather conditions i.e. extreme heatwave conditions across the country and humid weather in coastal regions.

This morning, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will hold a situation assessment of the coronavirus crisis, with the participation of Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, the government's coronavirus project manager Prof. Ronni Gamzu, and the head of the National Security Council Meir Ben Shabbat.The coronavirus cabinet is expected to convene at half past eleven this morning, and to impose new restrictions In "red" cities and towns, in light of the Ingoing significant rise in new diagnoses.

MDA responders have treated nine people for smoke inhalation, due to a fire that broke out in a residential building in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem.The nine - a couple with their seven children - have been transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital.

Speaking In Radio 103 FM this morning, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi commented In the recent airstrike In the Syrian city of Homs, that has been attributed to Israel."Israel determined a long time ago already that we will not permit Iran to gain a foothold In our northern border with Syria," he said, "and this is what Israel is doing now."