Northern mayors say they will cancel school over Hezbollah attacks, despite IDF clearance

Northern community leaders announce that they will halt classes and impose independent security restrictions, defying Home Front Command guidelines, as Hezbollah attacks persist despite a ceasefire agreement.

Speaking at a press conference in the northern border community of Shtula, the officials say that starting tomorrow, studies will be suspended across all border communities for at least 24 hours, after which the decision will be reassessed. They also declare that fence-adjacent communities will be classified as “orange,” while others would be designated “yellow,” mirroring the Home Front Command model – but implemented independently and without state backing.

Under the military’s color-coded system introduced during the war, “yellow” zones allow in-person schooling and limited gatherings if shelters are accessible, while “orange” zones prohibit educational activities and restrict gatherings, even when protected spaces are available.

The move comes after Israel reimposed some restrictions in the north yesterday, including canceling a planned mass pilgrimage, amid continued Hezbollah attacks and Israeli strikes despite the truce. Both sides have accused the other of violating the ceasefire.

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“We will not wait for a disaster before making life-saving decisions,” says Moshe Davidovich, head of the Forum of Front-Line Communities. “We will not abandon our children or gamble with their lives.”

Davidovich blasts the government’s classification of the area as “green” – which allows normal schooling – calling it “neglect” in light of ongoing threats.

“When the area is burning and UAVs are circling overhead, defining the region as ‘green’ is not policy – it is neglect,” he says. “We are taking responsibility for our children’s lives and moving the area to an ‘orange’ designation.”

Shlomi council head Gabi Naaman calls for decisive government action against Hezbollah, saying, “We find ourselves in a ceasefire, but the fire continues to flow into the fence-adjacent communities. This cannot go on.”

Images circulating online show children in northern communities taking cover in shelters during a Hezbollah drone attack this morning, which set off sirens in more than a dozen towns, and during a drone attack Sunday.

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