BREAKING NEWS

Home Front Command to allow some schools to open as war continues

The Home Front Command published new guidelines for where schools will be allowed to open and under what conditions they will be allowed to open on Saturday evening.

In communities near the Gaza border, in the West Negev, Ashkelon, Ashdod, the Lachish region, the Dan region, the Shfela, the Golan Heights, and communities near the Lebanese border, schools will be prohibited from opening.

In the West Bank, the Sharon, the Yarkon region, the Judean lowlands, Jerusalem, some of the towns near the Dead Sea and in the Jordan Valley, the Beit Shean area, Ha'Amakim, the Wadi Ara region, the Menashe region, Haifa and nearby areas, the parts of the Galilee not next to the border, and parts of the southern Golan Heights, schools will be allowed to operate as long as a shelter is accessible nearby.

In Eilat, the Arava region, the southern Negev, and some of the communities near the Dead Sea, schools will be able to operate without any restrictions.

Exact restrictions and regulations are accessible in both Hebrew and English on the website of the Home Front Command: https://www.oref.org.il/en