Overview

• At the Begin School in Nof HaGalil, Netanyahu greeted first‑grade pupils alongside Education Minister Yoav Kisch, Mayor Ronen Plot, and Teachers Union leader Yafa Ben‑David.
• Netanyahu said roughly 95% of children in the Galilee began classes, including those in communities near the northern border.
• He and Kisch credited the rebound to Israeli strikes against Hezbollah and stepped‑up enforcement on the ground.
• The prime minister later met northern mayors at Nof HaGalil’s municipal building to discuss fast transport lanes, housing, infrastructure, jobs, and cutting bureaucracy to attract young families.
• During the visit he paid respects at a memorial for IDF Staff‑Sgt. Ilya Sankin and said education is a foundation of national resilience.