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Israeli boys examine the site where a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Israel, April 24, 2021 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Schools opened as normal in the Gaza-adjacent Sha’ar Hanegev region of southern Israel on Sunday morning, after several hours passed without rocket fire following a weekend in which terrorists in the Strip launched more than 40 projectiles at the region, the local government said.
Despite the uneasy calm, Israel Defense Forces chief Aviv Kohavi canceled a trip to the United States that was planned for Sunday, the military said.
Kohavi had initially postponed his visit, but the IDF said that “in light of a situational assessment and in order to prepare for possible developments,” he had decided to call off the trip entirely. The other generals that were meant to take part in the delegation, including Military Intelligence chief Tamir Hayman and the head of the Iran-focused Strategic and Third-Ring Directorate Tal Kalmn, still planned to make the trip to the US on Sunday evening, the military said.