Israel rescues 10 Indian laborers being held in Palestinian West Bank village

From The Times of India

Ten foreign workers from India were rescued overnight from a West Bank village where they had been held for over a month, the Population and Immigration Authority says.

Palestinians had lured the workers to the West Bank village of al-Zaayem with promises of work and then taken their passports and tried to use them to cross into Israel, the authority says.

The workers, who had originally come to Israel to work in construction, were rescued in an overnight operation led by the authority together with the IDF and the Justice Ministry. They have been transferred to a safe location until their employment status is determined.

Elsewhere it is suggested that the Palestinians intending to use the Indian passports to cross into Israel had a terror attack in mind.