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Plight of migrant laborers killed, held hostage in Middle East exposes Israel’s reliance on overseas workforce

  • Written by Julie Weise, Associate Professor of History, University of Oregon
imageA Thai foreign worker tends to an agriculture field in Beersheba, Israel.Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)

An Indian laborer in Israel was killed and several other migrant workers injured on March 4, 2024, in a missile attack launched from Lebanon by Hamas-aligned Hezbollah.

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