Dozens of Meta employees in Israel begin to receive dismissal notices amid global layoffs

By Sharon Wrobel

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20 May 2026, 2:53 pm

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Sharon Wrobel is a tech reporter for The Times of Israel

Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco, California, on March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Dozens of Meta’s Israel employees have begun to receive dismissal notices as the US tech titan embarks on a wave of layoffs to trim 10 percent of its global workforce to offset costs for AI infrastructure.

As part of the global layoffs, Meta is slated to fire about 90 employees, or 10 percent of its workforce in Israel, primarily from its development center in Tel Aviv.

The layoffs in Israel are in line with widely reported plans by Meta to cut about 8,000 employees, or 10% of global headcount, starting today.

Alongside the layoffs, Meta is shifting 7,000 employees into new AI roles as part of the broader restructuring, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.