Education Ministry opens emotional distress hotline after Majdal Shams attack

Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

The Education Ministry announces the activation of an emotional distress hotline “to provide emotional and mental support to parents, students and the education staff” in the wake of today’s deadly rocket attack on a soccer field in the northern town of Majdal Shams.

“The hotline is staffed by experts in emergency and crisis situations” and is available in both Arabic and Hebrew,” the ministry says in a statement.

The hotline’s number is *6552, extension 5.

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