Overview

• Official heatwave warnings remain in effect as daytime temperatures climb above 40°C nationwide.
• Soldiers on Gaza and Syrian fronts report their thin, unventilated tents can exceed 104°F, leaving them dehydrated, sleepless and cognitively impaired.
• Shomrei Yisroel launched a 72-hour campaign to raise $37,500 for 100 portable air conditioners, each costing $375 and designed to cool a tent of 8–12 soldiers.
• At the Sayarim Base near Eilat, heat-induced cable failures caused a power outage that led to partial evacuation and relocation of affected troops.
• IDF sources say displaced soldiers have been moved to air-conditioned sleeping quarters and that full power restoration, pending rabbinical approval for Shabbat repairs, is expected by Sunday.