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Palestinian workers in Israel

An Israel Police officer at the entrance to a suspected terror tunnel running from the area of A'zaim checkpoint in the West Bank toward Israel, in an image released on June 24, 2026. (Israel Police)
June 25, 2026, 4:33 pm
Police find possible terror tunnel running from West Bank toward Jerusalem, arrest 2
DNA from scene leads to arrest of 1 Palestinian, 1 East Jerusalem man; no weapons found but police probing whether plan was to use tunnel for terror attack or to smuggle in workers
By ToI Staff
Police and Border Police officers conduct searches for a driver who rammed into a police officer, lightly injuring him, in northern Jerusalem on December 28, 2025. (Israel Police)
December 28, 2025, 2:43 pm
East Jerusalem man arrested after police officer lightly injured in hit-and-run
Police say man from Beit Hanina nabbed alongside others after he fled on foot from scene; he was reportedly transporting Palestinians who entered Israel illegally
By Charlie Summers
Police arrest three Gazans who had been residing in the southern city of Rahat, announcing the arrest on December 20, 2025. (Israel Police)
December 21, 2025, 2:31 pm
Police nab 3 Gazans, say they invaded Israel on Oct. 7; security sources say they didn’t
Security sources say detained Gazans arrived in Israel on valid work permits prior to Hamas attack, contradicting police claims; trio taken to Sde Teiman for interrogation
By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers
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
Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
September 27, 2024, 6:26 pm
International trade unions appeal to UN over Palestinians who’ve been jobless since Oct. 7
Global labor organizations file suit at International Labour Organization, demanding Israel pay back wages, benefits for workers not allowed into Israel in year since Hamas attack
By Agencies
A grey Volkswagen that carried seven Gazan laborers and their Israeli Bedouin driver, surrounded by Hamas terrorists at Sha'ar Hanegev Junction, on October 7, 2023. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 8, 2024, 7:15 pm
Israel said to hold bodies of five Gazan laborers murdered by Hamas on October 7
Terrorists attacked van carrying seven Palestinian workers driven by Bedouin Israeli man who was also murdered; two were taken alive, their fate unknown
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian construction workers at a building site in the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank, on September 29, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
June 22, 2024, 8:37 am
West Bank Palestinian laborers in despair after eight months without jobs in Israel
Before Oct. 7, 200,000 West Bankers commuted across the border for work. Now they sit home in uncertainty, while security officials warn of the potential threat of mass unemployment
By Gianluca Pacchiani
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
Illustrative: View of workers in a construction site in Jerusalem, March 5, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2024, 2:59 pm
Shortage of Palestinian workers at Israeli building sites leaves hole on both sides
With almost half of construction sites shut, workers from West Bank are likely to return under tight security, following general ban in wake of Hamas’s October 7 onslaught
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian workers stand in line at the Erez crossing to Israel, September 28, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
March 24, 2024, 8:05 pm
Despite ostensible ban, tens of thousands of Palestinians working in Israel — report
Although defense minister and IDF barred entry of laborers into Israel after October 7, TV network says some 2,400 businesses have been exempted for ‘humanitarian’ purposes
By Jeremy Sharon
Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on February 29, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
March 22, 2024, 6:10 am
Business leader says Israel needs Palestinian workers
Dan Catarivas thinks majority of employers are ‘generally in favor’ of return of Palestinian workers to Israel following Oct. 7 attack
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Construction workers at a site in Jerusalem on March 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2024, 2:21 am
Double whammy of high rates and no workers leaves Israeli builders with high debt
And the specter of a housing shortage is triggering a rise in demand and price rises
By Shoshanna Solomon
File: Palestinian workers enter Israel after crossing from Gaza, on the Israeli side of Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, March 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
March 7, 2024, 12:22 pm
Report: Shin Bet debunks idea that Gazan workers spied en masse for Hamas pre-Oct. 7
After probing 16% of workforce, agency finds there was no concerted effort to provide intel to terror group; for months, some media outlets claimed laborers aided the terrorists
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen gives a press conference a day ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 27, 2024. (Andre Penner/AP)
February 27, 2024, 6:29 pm
Yellen sends Netanyahu letter warning of war’s economic toll on Israel, Palestinians
US Treasury secretary says Israel resuming tax revenue transfers to Palestinian Authority, says she urged reinstatement of Israeli work permits for West Bank Palestinians
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at a briefing with commanders in the IDF Judea and Samaria Division on January 14, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
January 15, 2024, 10:01 am
Gallant says Hamas inciting West Bank terror, urges strengthening Palestinian Authority
Defense minister says transferring funds, allowing Palestinian laborers into Israel are crucial to prevent escalation of violence; pressured by far-right ministers, PM has resisted
By ToI Staff
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