Israel employing Palestinians to work on new Gaza barrier: Report

Hundreds of Palestinian labourers from the occupied West Bank are working in Israel to help build a new barrier along the border with Gaza, the Times of Israel reported on Friday.

This comes despite a ban on Palestinian workers working in Israel. 

Responding to the report, the defence ministry says it employs contractors "in accordance with security guidelines, classification and the sensitivity of the work", and that the labourers were from a pool of workers "approved for work on essential projects".

Israel sharply restricted Palestinian entry to Israel after the Hamas attacks of 7 October.