Home Front Command says it is easing restrictions in north; lifting nearly all of them in rest of country

The Home Front Command says it is easing its wartime guidelines in most parts of the country as the ceasefire with Iran appears to hold, allowing schools to reopen.

In northern Israel, some restrictions will remain amid the threat of Hezbollah’s rocket fire from Lebanon, but educational activities will still be permitted under certain conditions.

As part of the changes, communities on the Lebanon border, in most of the Golan Heights, Upper Galilee, and Haifa Bay area, will be allowed to hold educational activities only inside bomb shelters.

Gatherings in those areas are permitted up to 50 people outdoors and 200 indoors, and workplaces are allowed to operate if an adequate shelter can be reached in time.

In the rest of the country, nearly all restrictions have been lifted, allowing schools and workplaces to operate as usual. However, gatherings are limited to 1,000 in many areas.

The changes will take effect starting tomorrow at 6 a.m., the military says.