Media images showed groups of workers arriving through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and southern Gaza, which is normally only used for goods.
Before the conflict started, some 18,500 Palestinians of Gaza held Israeli work permits. / Photo: AFP
"I understand that among these people who are being sent back are those Palestinian workers and hospital patients who had been detained in the aftermath of October 7," Throssell said. Before the conflict started, some 18,500 Gaza residents held Israeli work permits, according to COGAT, the Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs.
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