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Security sources: ‘No indication’ 3 Gazans arrested in Rahat invaded Israel on Oct. 7
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Contrary to claims by the police, the three Gazan men who were recently arrested in the southern city of Rahat did not invade Israel during Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught, security sources say.
The sources say that “there is no indication that the three invaded Israel on October 7.”
The three Gazans were in Israel before the war on work permits and remained in the country even after Israeli authorities canceled the entry of all Gazan laborers amid the fighting with Hamas, according to the officials. Before the war, some 17,000 Gazans had work permits to enter Israel.
The suspects were taken to the Sde Teiman military detention facility for questioning.
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