Some schools reopen in northern Israel

Some schools reopened on Sunday in northern Israel, an almost daily target of Hezbollah strikes, after a relaxation of Israeli civil defense restrictions, said a spokesperson for the Israeli Ministry of Education. were able to resume their activities in certain regions, notably in Haifa Bay and the Galilee, according to new civil defense directives published on Saturday.

The Ministry of Education does not yet have figures on the number of schools to have reopened, and these figures will not be available until later today, said the ministry’s spokesperson for the north of Israel. However, schools closest to the border with Lebanon remain closed.

Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes since October 8, 2023, when the Lebanese Islamist movement began firing projectiles, mainly rockets, into northern Israel, claiming to act in solidarity with its ally Hamas in Gaza. More than a year later, 60,000 of them remain displaced. Firing on the border area intensified after the start of the Israeli ground offensive in southern Lebanon on September 30.

The Israeli army again reported on Sunday that “around ten projectiles were identified crossing Israeli territory from Lebanon” in the north and west of the Galilee.