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Statistics bureau finds significant drop in immigration following October 7 attacks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThere was a sharp decrease in the number of people moving to Israel in the wake of the October 7 Hamas onslaught, with just 1,163 people moving in October compared to 2,364 people in September, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.
The numbers picked up slightly in November with 1,534 people making the move, but still remained far lower than in previous months.
In previous years, October saw an increase in immigration to Israel over the previous month. In 2022, 6,091 people moved to Israel in October compared to 4,368 in September, and a similar jump was seen in 2021.
The month with the highest number of people moving to Israel in 2023 was January, the Central Bureau of Statistics report finds, when 7,664 people immigrated to Israel.
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