As September moves through its middle weeks, Israel finds itself wrapped in a warmth that belongs more to summer than to autumn's early turning. The land holds heat stubbornly — most keenly in the mountains and inland reaches — before a modest cooling arrives Thursday, still shy of seasonal norms. By Friday, the pattern finally yields, offering the north and coastal plain a quiet chance of rain: the first real breath of change in a week that has resisted the season's natural rhythm.