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Classes in southern schools cancelled despite … JPost – Defense.

    Authorities in Beersheba, Ashdod, Ashkelon and Gan Yavne decided Sunday evening that they would cancel school classes on Monday in light of the threat of rockets being fired from Gaza.

The decision came in spite of a Home Front Command announcement which said that classes in schools in the South could take place Monday. This announcement came after the IDF removed restrictions that were put in place forbidding large gatherings in public areas.

Classes at Ben Gurion University will take place as usual on Monday.

Meanwhile, a Kassam rocket fired from Gaza landed in open fields in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council on Sunday evening.

No injuries were reported and no damage was caused.

Earlier on Sunday, the IDF identified a rocket launching cell in the southern Gaza Strip as terrorists were preparing to launch a rocket toward Israel, despite a reported cease fire with Islamic Jihad. IAF planes struck the cell, preventing the rocket from being launched.

Islamic Jihad, which has taken responsibility for the majority of some 39 rockets fired at Israel from the Strip in the past 24 hours, said late Sunday morning that it was committed to a cease fire agreement, although it asserted it reserved the right to respond to any Israeli attacks, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported.

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