The Israeli occupation concealed the death of two Gazan workers who were arrested after their permits were canceled following Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood,” and did not open an investigation into the circumstances of their deaths, noting that the workers were arrested in two military facilities in the occupied West Bank under inhumane conditions.

Two workers from the besieged Gaza Strip were dead in detention camps established by the occupation in military sites belonging to the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, following the Al-Qassam attack on October 7, to arrest thousands of Gazan workers who were working in Israel under work permits before the operation. "Al-Aqsa Flood."

This came according to what the newspaper "Haaretz" reported on Saturday evening, while the newspaper did not mention the identity of the two martyrs or the circumstances and reasons that led to their death, noting that Palestinian sources indicate that the number of Gazan workers arrested by the occupation authorities reached thousands and they were subjected to torture, humiliation, and collective punishment that It violates legal and international norms.

"Haaretz" reported that one of the workers died while being detained in the occupation camp in Antout, while the other died while being detained in the "Ofer" camp, and indicated that the occupation army did not announce the martyrdom of the workers even though they were detained under its direct responsibility, and that “A file was not opened to investigate the circumstances of their deaths.”

The occupation authorities had canceled the work permits of about 18,000 Gazans working in Israel after the outbreak of the war, leaving thousands of them stranded outside the Gaza Strip, while sources in the Palestinian Authority indicated that about 5,850 workers were expelled or arrived in the West Bank after last October 7 while the occupation forces arrested more than 3,200 workers.

Throughout the period of detention, the occupation forces prevented the detainees from meeting with lawyers, and they also refused to cooperate with human rights organizations that demanded a list of the names of the detainees and the whereabouts of all the people they are detaining, as well as the legal reasons for their arrest.

"Haaretz" said that the occupation army "did not publish a statement about their deaths, as is customary in the case of the death of detainees or prisoners in Israel, despite the fact that about three weeks had passed since the death of one of them who was detained in the Antoat camp," and it reported that the worker had complained about being ill and confirmed that he needed health care and demanded that he be seen by a doctor.

Haaretz stressed that, exceptionally, “the military police did not open an investigation (into the two deaths),” and the newspaper quoted an Israeli army spokesman as saying, “The circumstances of the death are being investigated, and the army is still holding the bodies” of the two martyrs in the besieged Gaza Strip.

"Haaretz" said that the Israeli army returned most of the Gazan workers to the besieged Strip, yesterday, Friday, while "Yedioth Ahronoth" newspaper indicated that the occupation released 3,200 workers and deported them to the Gaza Strip, while "Kan 11" said that 3,000 workers were released. This is in the wake of the decision issued by the Ministerial Council for Security and Political Affairs (Extended Cabinet).