Hello first grade: This morning (Friday), 2.5 million students returned to schools and kindergartens at the end of the summer vacation, including 181,<> excited students who entered first grade. High school students will also start the school year as usual, after a teachers' union strike was averted at the last minute. President Isaac Herzog congratulated Israeli students this morning: "I hope that the new year will bring with it an opportunity to learn and teach unity - the lesson we all need, today more than ever." Education Minister Yoav Kisch wrote in a special column for Israel Hayom: "I see it as my duty to improve the status of teachers."
Watch: Students open the school year // Yoni Rikner, Yaniv Zohar
With strangers on their heads, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Defense Minister Yoav Galant, Photo: Elad Malka
First day of school in Ashdod, photo: Liron Moldovan
Hello first grade, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Starting the new school year, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Getting to know the new friends, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
The parents are also excited, photo: Liron Moldovan
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