{"id":395700,"date":"2026-04-16T19:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395700\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:03:24","slug":"cops-detain-70-palestinians-hiding-in-garbage-truck-while-trying-to-enter-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395700\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops detain 70 Palestinians hiding in garbage truck while trying to enter Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 70 Palestinian men were found hiding inside a garbage truck by Israeli police as they attempted to cross into Israel from the West Bank, apparently in search of work.<\/p>\n

The Israel Police released footage showing the back of the truck when it was being opened late Monday, revealing the men tightly crammed inside the waste compartment. Police are seen in the video, some with their weapons drawn, surrounding the truck.<\/p>\n

Some of the men inside raised their hands in the air or put them behind their heads as they were discovered and pulled out of the truck, one by one. Occasionally, a voice in Arabic can be heard commanding: \u201cEskot,\u201d or \u201cBe silent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Defense Ministry said the men were \u201ctrying to infiltrate central Israel\u201d and that they were stopped at a West Bank checkpoint.<\/p>\n

Authorities did not provide details on the motive for the attempted entry, but Itai Almog, a local police commander, described them as \u201cillegal entrants,\u201d a term usually referring to Palestinian laborers who enter Israel without legal authorization.<\/p>\n

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Almog said the men were on their way to cities across Israel and taken for questioning. The driver, an Israeli citizen, was driving without a proper license and arrested.<\/p>\n

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Police have routinely detained illegal entrants from the West Bank after Israel revoked tens of thousands of Palestinian work permits following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, terror invasion of southern Israel from Gaza.\n<\/p>\n

The large number of men and grim conditions of the garbage truck incident highlighted the level of desperation and the lengths that some are willing to go.<\/p>\n

Some in the West Bank have said they haven\u2019t been able to pay rent after losing the permit to work inside Israel. Confined to the territory, where jobs are scarce and wages far lower, some have sold their belongings or gone into debt as they try to pay for food, electricity and school expenses for their children. Others have paid steep fees for black-market permits or tried to sneak into Israel, risking arrest or worse if they are mistaken for terrorists.<\/p>\n

Israel, which has militarily controlled the West Bank since capturing it from Jordan in 1967 during the Six Day War, says it is under no obligation to allow Palestinians to enter for work and makes such decisions based on security considerations.<\/p>\n

Before the war, tens of thousands of Palestinians worked inside Israel, mainly in construction and service jobs.<\/p>\n


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