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The army’s announcement came despite another rocket attack from Gaza Sunday evening; a Qassam fired from the Strip exploded in open territory, causing no casualties or damage.

Meawwhile, despite the IDF’s reassuring message, the Ashkelon city hall and the Gan Yavne council announced that school will remain closed Monday after all. Other southern communities joined the annoucement later.

Gan Yavne sustained a Grad rocket hit over the weekend, and council head Dror Aharon said that he treats the army’s directives as recommendations only. Ashkelon’s Mayor Benny Vaaknin said the decision to keep schools closed stemmed from the fact that most of them are not fortified.

“I see no reason to run schools given the situation,” he said.

‘Attacks will have implications’

Meanwhile, relative quiet prevailed in the Gaza Strip Sunday, after several barrages hit various Israeli communities and claimed the life of one man Saturday night. The lull was breached earlier Sunday after the IDF struck a rocket cell and killed one terrorist.

Saturday evening, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned that the continuation of rocket attacks from the Strip “will have implications in the coming days.”

Lieberman, who spoke in Bosnia, said that Israel will not sit idle while rockets are being fired at the Jewish state.

“We do not seek a confrontation with the Palestinians and do not wish to escalate the situation, but we shall not sustain one barrage after another without responding,” he said.