Palestinian woman arrested for impersonating Israeli to get job in hospital
Suspect from West Bank worked for over a month in cleaning position at a Jerusalem medical center before being discovered
Illustrative image of a police car (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A Palestinian woman from the West Bank town of Ramallah was arrested after it was discovered she was pretending to be an Israeli in order to take a cleaning job at a Jerusalem hospital, police said in a statement Monday.
Police said the woman is suspected of forgery, impersonation, and entering Israel without a permit.
The 19-year-old worked for over a month at the Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem by adopting the identity of an Israeli friend, the Hebrew media Ynet website reported Monday.
She was to be brought for a hearing later in the day to extend her detention.
West Bank residents require special permits to enter or work in Israel, although thousands do so illegally.