Knesset Education Committee members visited Gush Katif today. Committee Chairman Zevulun Orlev (NRP), leading the trip, related that he heard that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha’ul Mofaz refused to authorize the visit. But Orlev said that he checked and found that the civilians there were walking around as usual, and decided to conduct the visit as planned - and without army protection. \"It is inconceivable that [Labor MKs] Yael Dayan and Collette Avital can go to Ramallah to meet Arafat, while I am not allowed to visit Atzmonah,\" Orlev said.
The children in Atzmonah are studying in temporary structures, following Palestinian shelling of the school last week; no damage was caused in that attack. Two weeks ago, 15-month-old Ariel Yered of Atzmonah was seriously wounded in the first shelling on Atzmonah; his condition is serious but stable.
The children in Atzmonah are studying in temporary structures, following Palestinian shelling of the school last week; no damage was caused in that attack. Two weeks ago, 15-month-old Ariel Yered of Atzmonah was seriously wounded in the first shelling on Atzmonah; his condition is serious but stable.