Haaretz newspaper reported that the Israeli security cabinet decided to return all Gaza workers in Israel and the West Bank to the Strip.

The newspaper added that the Council also decided not to allow Gaza workers to enter Israeli territory anymore.

The Security Council also decided to transfer the frozen tax funds to the Palestinian Authority, deducting the funds allocated to the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he told him that he would not transfer tax funds for the month of October to the Palestinian Authority.

Smotrich said in the letter that the Palestinian Authority supports Hamas and has supported the movement since the operations of last October 7. Israel, which controls the sea and land crossings and outlets, collects Palestinian taxes on behalf of the Authority and transfers them to it in exchange for a commission that Israel receives.