[San Francisco Chronicle] Stephanie L. Freid - Thousands of students in southern Israel have missed school this year because of the barrage of rockets near their homes. Half a million students in northern Israel were affected by the war with Hizballah last summer. "Only now - two months into the school year - are we beginning to see the (deeper) effects of the war," said Bilha Noy, head of the Psychological and Counseling Department for Israel's Ministry of Education. "Children are having trouble concentrating, and for roughly 5 percent, return to so-called normal life has not happened."
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