Around 16,000 Indian workers have replaced Palestinians in Israel’s construction sector in 2024, as part of the Israeli government’s strategy.
The Israeli construction sector relies significantly on foreign labour, the majority of which is Palestinian. However, more than 80,000 Palestinian labourers have been banned from entering Israel due to security reasons since the start of the war–following the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7, 2023,
As a result, the Israeli sector faces a shortfall that is estimated to be in the tens of thousands.