Hundreds of Palestinian workers from the West Bank are working in Israel to help build a new barrier along the border with the Gaza Strip, despite the Israeli Security Cabinet having banned them from doing so: the Ynet news site reports, citing the testimonies of soldiers of the Forces Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) deployed in the area.
Ynet says Palestinian workers are engaged in engineering work on breaches in the fence, which was damaged in dozens of places at the start of the war against Hamas.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense responded to the leaks by stating that only four Palestinians are working on the project, specifying that it hires contractors "in accordance with safety guidelines, classification and sensitivity of work" and that the workers come from a group of Palestinian workers "approved to operate on essential projects" for Israel.
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