More than 1,000 illegal aliens, including about 300 Gazans, have been apprehended by Israeli employers since the outbreak of fighting in the south.
Documentation: Submitting the closure order to Voice of Palestine Radio
Israel Hayom has learned that the main mass of illegal aliens is in Tel Aviv. "We are full of illegal aliens, and precisely at a time when external threats are multiplying, we are forced to invest a lot of resources in order to neutralize threats from within," said a senior police officer, "some of them are needed by the Shin Bet, some with a security record, and they are inside us."
Police step up access
The figures obtained by Israel Hayom show that last weekend alone, about 100 illegal aliens were located throughout the country. Since the beginning of the fighting, Border Police officers throughout the country have also located and detained about 100 transporters, accomplices and employers of illegal aliens.
Since the outbreak of fighting in the south, the police have stepped up their approach and punishment regarding illegal aliens, especially against Israelis who are still trying to hide them in their yards and businesses, and indictments are filed against them in an expedited process.
The commander of the Central District signed a closure order for 30 days for the bakery in Tira after prisoners were employed there, Photo: Police Spokesperson's Office
"These are serious acts, every Israeli citizen would be expected to understand that every illegal alien has become a potential terrorist since October 7." A senior police officer told Israel Hayom, adding that "there are still attempts by illegal aliens to enter Israel every day and by Israeli employers to hire them."
Border Police Commander Maj. Gen. Brik Yitzhak ordered his officers to invest all means in order to arrest prisoners, especially residents of the Gaza Strip.
Any illegal alien who is arrested and about whom there is any suspicion of terrorist activity is immediately transferred for interrogation by the Shin Bet, who, for the first time in Israel illegally, is imprisoned. The rest, who were arrested for the first time and no suspicion was found, are deported to Judea and Samaria. For Gazans, all employment permits have been revoked
Last week" 18 closure orders for businesses in the south
In recent days alone, 18 administrative closure orders were issued for businesses in communities in the Negev region that employed illegal aliens during the fighting in the south. The orders were issued for 30 days to 18 businesses in the communities and diaspora of Segev Shalom, Ar'ar, Lakiya, Hura, Tel Sheva, Moshav Fetish, Shova and the city of Rahat, which included, inter alia: a butcher shop, bakery, car wash business, supermarket, café, hairdresser, garage and more that employed illegal aliens, most of them residents of the Gaza Strip who were staying in Israel without a permit.
Closure order for 2 businesses in Netanya that employed and accommodated illegal aliens, photo: uncredited
The activity interrogated a bakery owner in the city of Rahat who allegedly employed eight illegal aliens, five of them residents of the Gaza Strip, whose work visas expired when the fighting broke out, and workers were apprehended. A criminal investigation was opened against the employers.
In total, since the outbreak of fighting in the Gaza Strip, the commander of the southern district signed 29 closure orders against businesses in the southern district that employed illegal aliens.
The police reiterate that employment, transportation or lodging of illegal aliens are serious offenses, which are enforced even more vigorously at this time in light of the security situation in the Southern District on all levels, criminal and administrative, while bringing the offenders to justice.
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