Some schools did not open on Thursday because of parent strikes and other disruptions.

The following schools and school districts were closed because of strikes: Alichin, Jerusalem's Maimon school, Kiryat Ata's Giborei Tzion school, Kiryat Motzkin's Korczak school, Kuseife, two schools in Segev Shalom, Tel Aviv's Mophet school, Tira's two high schools.

The Beit Yaakov school in Jerusalem's Giv'at Shaul and Neve Yaakov neighborhoods are not expected to open until Sunday because renovations have not been completed.