Occupation Army announced that it will prevent Palestinians who will go work in Israel from returning to the West Bank for a period of 3 weeks, and that employers are obliged to provide accommodations for them in accordance with appropriate conditions.
The occupation army said: It “will make room next Sunday, for Palestinian workers to enter Israel and stay for three weeks, and during this period, no Palestinian worker returning to the West Bank will be allowed to return to work in Israel.”
The announcement indicated that there are exceptions for Palestinian workers who have work permits in the health and nursing field and in the ‘Atarot’ industrial zone, while employers will be obligated to take responsibility for arranging the accommodation of Palestinian workers in accordance with appropriate conditions and in accordance with instructions issued by the Ministry of Health.
This procedure was aimed at reducing movement and curbing the outbreak of the emerging Coronavirus, whose infection numbers are on the rise in both the West Bank and Israel. Especially with the unprecedented rise in the number of COVID-19 infections in ‘Israel’.
On Thursday morning, the Occupation Authority recorded 532 new COVID-19 infections during the past 24 hours. According to the available data, the total number of infections rose to 22.264 with 5526 active cases, including 28 patients who are in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
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