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95% of students evacuated from northern towns have returned to their schools, Education Ministry says
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The Education Ministry says that 95 percent of all students who were evacuated from 32 northern communities will start the new school year today in those areas.
In October 2023, there were 30,141 students registered in the school districts. As of today, there are 28,640 returning students.
According to the ministry’s records, 86% of students have returned in Kiryat Shmona. At the largest school, ORT Danziger, the ministry says the number of enrolled students exceeds the figures from before the war.
In Metula, 34% of the students have returned. Students from Metula’s Hanadiv Elementary School will study in Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar for one year.
The ministry also says that 97% of the teachers have returned to teach in the former evacuated zone in the north.
Hezbollah-led forces began attacking Israeli communities and military posts along the northern border on October 8, 2023, with the terror group saying it was doing so to support Gaza amid the war against Hamas there. A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was reached last November, and since then, northern border residents have gradually returned to their homes.
The Times of Israel Community.