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Security camera footage of a violent robbery of three boys eating in a restaurant in north Tel Aviv on April 20, 2026. (Screenshot/X)
May 12, 2026, 7:50 pm
Rash of teen violence renews focus on south Tel Aviv gang linked to migrants’ kids
Robberies, assaults and more attributed to SSQ group, largely made up of children without legal status, underlining chronic complaints by locals; some see marginalization at fault
By Charlie Summers
A mother and child sit at the entrance to a tent in the shelter. (Theia Chatelle/ JTA)
April 25, 2026, 5:37 am
Sheltering in Tel Aviv’s bus station, foreign workers face unique plight in wartime
Hundreds of third-country laborers are forced to pitch tents in a squalid space beneath the depot, highlighting the challenging conditions faced by a fast-growing sector
By Theia Chatelle
From left to right: Neel Vicente, Reign Arpon and Prince Justice, children of foreign workers fighting to enlist in the IDF, January 15, 2026. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
January 30, 2026, 10:21 am
With IDF hurting for manpower, children of foreign workers step up fight to enlist
A High Court petition on behalf of 50 teens born and raised in Israel, but barred from serving in the army, argues that the law requires they be drafted alongside their peers
By Stav Levaton
Padma Joshi, whose son Bipin Joshi is held hostage in the Gaza Strip, speaks to reporters after arriving at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on August 11, 2025. (Screen capture via Ynet)
August 12, 2025, 1:10 am
Family of Nepalese hostage Bipin Joshi arrives in Israel to seek son’s return
Terrorists kidnapped Joshi, an agriculture student, from Kibbutz Alumim durin the October 7 attack, and no sign of life has been received from him since November 2023
By Jessica Steinberg
Bank of Israel main offices in Jerusalem, on August 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 24, 2025, 11:24 pm
Central bank holds borrowing costs steady, despite subdued growth, jumping inflation
Bank of Israel keeps interest rates steady at 4.5% citing geopolitical uncertainty, shekel volatility, and fiscal changes
By Sharon Wrobel
Indian builders work on a construction site in Tel Aviv on December 23, 2024. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
December 30, 2024, 8:38 am
Indian workers slowly replacing Palestinians in Israeli construction industry
16,000 laborers have come to Israel from India in the last year, but analysts say it still does not make up the shortfall caused when most Palestinians were barred after Oct. 7
By Ruth Eglash
A caregiver walks with an elderly woman on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on July 2, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 4, 2024, 11:27 am
Right-wing MKs seek to eliminate pension payments to foreign caregivers
Bill exempting elderly, sick, disabled from making pension contributions for their aides passes preliminary reading; workers’ hotline warns it may keep good carers away from Israel
By Sue Surkes
Petru Boscov (Facebook)
May 14, 2024, 8:43 am
Petru Boscov, 35: Moldovan caregiver was like ‘family’ to patient
Murdered on October 7 in Kibbutz Holit alongside his charge Moshe Ridler
By ToI Staff
File: Indian workers aspiring to be hired for jobs in Israel line up during a recruitment drive in Lucknow, India, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
April 5, 2024, 3:09 pm
Dozens of Indian construction workers fly to Israel to replace Palestinian laborers
New Delhi says it has urged Israeli authorities to ensure safety of new workers amid ongoing war; thousands have flocked to apply for jobs since Palestinians barred after October 7
By ASHOK SHARMA
Pat Nibin Maxwell, 31, pictured with his wife and child (Screenshot from Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
March 5, 2024, 2:55 pm
Indian worker killed in Hezbollah missile attack leaves behind daughter, pregnant wife
India advises nationals working in Israeli border areas to move to safer parts of the country following the killing of Pat Nibin Maxwell in an attack near the Lebanese border
By ToI Staff
A residential tower is under construction next to the Mahane Yehuda market in downtown Jerusalem on December 7, 2023. (John MacDougall / AFP)
December 29, 2023, 7:12 am
Amid worker shortage due to war, Israeli constructors struggle to build
With most Palestinian workers banned from Israel in wake of Oct. 7 onslaught, and thousands of foreign workers gone, the building sector says it’s at a ‘complete standstill’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Inbal Mashash, the director of the Population and Immigration Authority’s Foreign Workers Administration, addresses the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers on December 19, 2023. (Danny Shem-Tov/Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
December 20, 2023, 8:58 am
Despite war, more than 12,000 foreign workers have arrived in Israel, lawmakers told
Government working to recruit thousands of additional workers to make up for post-October 7 labor shortage, Population and Immigration Authority says
By Sam Sokol and AFP
Women sell vegetables in a local market in Kaliyeka in Lilongwe, Malawi on February 22, 2023. (Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP)
November 30, 2023, 6:41 pm
Despite war, young Malawians turn to Israel for work amid economic crisis at home
Young adults apply for jobs on Israeli farms, many of which desperately need workers following October 7 Hamas attack
By George Ntonya
Rahamim Mughrabi in his moshav near Netivot, Israel, on November 9, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
November 14, 2023, 9:39 am
On fields near Gaza, farmers and volunteers struggle to mitigate huge wartime damages
Growers dealing with multiple challenges, ranging from manpower shortages to sun-blocking dust, are enlisting help from unexpected places and vowing not to leave
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Foreign workers work at an onion farm on August 12, 2016. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
October 22, 2023, 4:54 pm
Ministry wants 8,000 West Bank Palestinians to replace foreign farmhands who fled war
Thousands of Thai laborers have reportedly picked up and left, leaving agricultural facilities hurting for help; plan is opposed by Ben Gvir over security concerns
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
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