India supplies Israel with tens of thousands of construction and nursing workers
Thousands of Indian construction workers and nurses are heading to Israel to work despite the continuing war between the occupying entity and the resistance in the Gaza Strip.
Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs, said Jaiswal said to reporters on Thursday: The first batch of Indian workers has already left for Israel.
He added, “Their safety is very important, and for our part, we call on the Israeli authorities to make every effort to secure their safety.”
< p>Jaiswal said that 18,000 Indians are working in Israel at the moment, most of them health care providers.
During Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s visit to India last May, the two countries signed an agreement allowing about 40,000 Indians to work in Construction and nursing fields in Israel.
The first batch, consisting of more than 60 construction workers, left on Tuesday, and the Israeli ambassador to India, Naor Gilon, published pictures of the workers’ farewell ceremony. On his account on the “X” website For social networking, he wrote: “Thousands of Indian workers flocked to government employment centers last January, in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to search for job candidates in Israel.”
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