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Israel pushes thousands of detained cross-border workers into war-torn Gaza

Palestinian labourers arrive at the Kerem Shalom Gaza border crossing after being sent back by Israel to the Strip [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

Thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, previously working in Israel and the occupied West Bank and then detained by Israel, are being pushed into the war-torn enclave, according to media reports.

Footage showed some of the workers returning on Friday through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing in Israel, east of the Rafah border crossing between the besieged Gaza Strip and Egypt.

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