Israel Allows Schools to Resume in the North Despite Rocket Fire

People ride bicycles on the street on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
People ride bicycles on the street on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
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Israel Allows Schools to Resume in the North Despite Rocket Fire

People ride bicycles on the street on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
People ride bicycles on the street on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

The Israeli army said Saturday it has loosened restrictions on activities allowed in the north of the country, announcing — among other things — that schools can resume teaching.

The announcement comes despite a barrage of rockets fired by Hezbollah into Israel Friday night and Saturday, celebrated in Israel as Yom Kippur, or the Jewish Day of Atonement. The military said some of the approximately 320 projectiles were intercepted, and no injuries have been reported.

The military also said it has struck 280 military targets in Lebanon and Gaza over the weekend, and that it killed 50 Hezbollah militants. It has provided no evidence for the latter claim.

Separately, Hezbollah said it launched an attack with explosive drones on the suburbs of Tel Aviv. One drone directly hit a nursing home in Herzliya, a city north of Tel Aviv, Israeli media said. No casualties have been reported.



Explosion, Fire at Service Station in Russia's Chechnya Kills 4

A firefighter extinguishes fire at a fuel station in the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia, in this picture taken from handout video published October 12, 2024. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
A firefighter extinguishes fire at a fuel station in the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia, in this picture taken from handout video published October 12, 2024. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
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Explosion, Fire at Service Station in Russia's Chechnya Kills 4

A firefighter extinguishes fire at a fuel station in the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia, in this picture taken from handout video published October 12, 2024. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
A firefighter extinguishes fire at a fuel station in the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia, in this picture taken from handout video published October 12, 2024. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

An explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern region of Chechnya killed at least four people, officials said Saturday.
The explosion of a gas tank triggered a fire at the service station in the regional capital, Grozny, said Russia’s Emergencies Ministry, adding that two children were among the dead. The fire was extinguished.
Grozny is about 1,500 kilometers south of Moscow.
Regional authorities said a criminal investigation was opened.
Last month an explosion at a gas station in the neighboring region of Dagestan killed at least 13 people and injured 23 others.