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Friday, February 16, 2024
Despite ban, Defense Ministry employing Palestinians to work on new Gaza barrier — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHundreds of Palestinian laborers from the West Bank are working in Israel to help build a new barrier along the border with Gaza, even though they remain barred by the security cabinet from doing so, the Ynet news site reports, citing the testimony of soldiers deployed to the area.
Responding to the report, the Defense Ministry says it employs contractors “in accordance with security guidelines, classification and the sensitivity of the work,” and that the laborers were from a pool of workers “approved for work on essential projects.”
Israel sharply restricted Palestinian entry to Israel after the Hamas attacks of October 7, in which thousands of Gazan terrorists rampaged across southern Israel, slaughtering some 1,200 people and taking 253 hostages.
The Times of Israel Community.