As of Tuesday morning, high school students and kindergarten children in the rocket-
The terrorists called the attacks a 'gift' for the new school year.
battered city of Sderot will not be attending their respective schools, in a parental protest over the lack of government action to end attacks by terrorists from northern Gaza. On Wednesday, the open-ended boycott will encompass all the city's elementary schools, as well. A demonstration outside the Knesset building by Sderot parents and high school students is also planned for tomorrow.
The Sderot Parents Committee decided Monday night to keep their schoolchildren at home, until further notice, after a day in which Palestinian Authority terrorists fired at least seven Kassam rockets into and around the city. In their statements to the press, the terrorists called the attacks a "gift" for the new school year, which began on Sunday.
One PA rocket slammed into a courtyard meters away from a day care center, damaging a home next door and sending 12 young children to the hospital to be treated for shock. Another exploded on a street in the center of the city. Several adults were also treated for shock by medics at the scene.
By Tuesday morning, Arab terrorists in Gaza had fired another five rockets at Sderot. Two of the projectiles slammed into the center of town. No injuries or damage were reported.
Amira Chaim, director of the Education Ministry's southern district, said she would respect the decision to keep the children home from school. She furthermore vowed to provide "all possible assistance" to the students and their families, including home visits
The Ministry planned to enable... students to participate in remote learning.by social workers or psychologists, as necessary.
In addition, the Ministry planned to enable a system to allow students to participate in remote learning using a home computer hooked up to the Internet, similar to systems used to conduct classes in rural areas in the United States. The Ministry ordered teachers to call each student in their classes to offer their personal assistance.
Sderot is located less than a mile away from Gaza and has been the target of constant rocket attacks for the past seven years. The attacks, which are also aimed at other communities in the western Negev, have intensified since more than 8,000 Jews were expelled by the Israeli government from their Gaza homes two years ago.