Home Front Command issues new guidelines for the North, canceling school in Lebanon border towns

Israel's Home Front Command has updated security directives for communities along the northern border with Lebanon, responding to heightened tensions with Hezbollah. The new guidelines, effective from Saturday evening to Monday evening, impose significant restrictions on public life in the region.

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The new guidelines limit gatherings in communities along the Lebanese border to no more than 50 people outdoors and 200 indoors, and beaches are closed to the public.

Outdoor gatherings are now limited to 50 people, with indoor gatherings capped at 200. Beaches have been closed to the public. All educational activities are canceled, though workplaces can continue to operate if they have accessible protected spaces. In the northern Golan Heights and Upper Galilee, a partial activity level is in effect, allowing children to attend school if protected areas are available.

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All educational activities are canceled; workplaces may continue to operate as usual, provided that a protected space is available at an appropriate physical distance and with the necessary physical capacity.

In response to the escalating situation, the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya and Ziv Medical Center in Safed are moving their operations to underground complexes. This move includes health centers and infant checkup clinics, ensuring continuity of care in a protected environment.

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The Health Ministry also announced on Saturday night that the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya would be moving its operations into the underground complex, including health centers and infant checkup clinics.

The updated guidelines follow a weekend of intensified cross-border attacks, with Hezbollah firing dozens of missiles and drones at northern Israel. The IDF has indicated plans to escalate its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Residents in numerous northern communities sought shelter as sirens wailed, and a video from a Nahariya beach showed projectiles falling into the ocean amid panicked evacuations. Hezbollah also targeted Karmiel, marking the farthest attack by the group since a recent ceasefire.

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Hezbollah fired dozens of missiles and drones at the North over the weekend, with the IDF saying it was planning to intensify its campaign against the terrorist organization in Lebanon.