UN ‘Deeply Concerned’ By Israel Sending Back Palestinian Workers To Gaza 

The UN Human Rights Office has said the Palestinian workers being sent back to Gaza by Israel may not have homes to return to and face grave dangers from continuing fighting in the territory.

“I understand that among these people who are being sent back are those Palestinian workers and hospital patients who had been detained in the aftermath of October 7,” Spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell told reporters in Geneva.

“We were very concerned that at least 4,000 Palestinian workers and hospital patients were detained without sufficient legal basis in military facilities after Israel revoked their permits,” she said.

“There are worrying reports that some are being sent back into Gaza, despite the gravity of the situation there,” Throssell added.

“We don’t know exactly to where; it probably isn’t clear whether they have got even a home to go to; and it’s an incredibly difficult and dangerous situation.”

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