GAZA CITY: Israel permitted 10,000 Palestinian labourers to cross early yesterday from here into Israel, allowing them to return to their workplaces for the first time since Israel tightened restrictions a month ago in response to a deadly suicide bombing.
The Palestinian workers crammed through the Erez crossing before dawn, succumbing to tight security checks but thankful to return to their jobs for the first time since a female suicide bomber blew herself up in a Haifa restaurant on Oct 4, killing 21 people.