Israel Approves More Foreign Workers to Help During War Against Hamas

Israel’s Committee of Directors General on Foreign Workers, chaired by the Prime Minister’s Office Director-General Yossi Shelley, has approved an additional quota for up to 14,300 more foreign workers. This decision aims to fill the labor shortage caused by the ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.

This new quota includes:

• 2,750 foreign workers for nursing institutions under the Health Ministry
• 1,550 workers for nursing institutions under the Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry
• 5,000 foreign workers for the transportation infrastructure sub-sector
• 5,000 workers for the renovation contractor sub-sector

This is in addition to a previous increase in the quota of 98,400 foreign workers.