IDF Home Front: nationwide restrictions stay until Saturday — school reopen postponed to Sunday

The IDF Home Front Command announced that all nationwide wartime restrictions remain in force until Saturday at 8 p.m., when a new security assessment will be conducted. Current guidelines: educational activities prohibited (with limited exceptions); gatherings of up to 50 people permitted if a shelter can be reached in time; workplaces can operate under the same shelter-access conditions. Following the Home Front Command's assessment, Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced that his plan to allow a gradual reopening of the education system later this week is postponed to Sunday. This overrides Jerusalem Mayor Lion's earlier announcement of a partial Wednesday reopening. Israel's children have been out of school since February 28 — the first day of the war. The 10-day school closure represents the longest wartime closure since the 2006 Second Lebanon War.