Farmers expanding their cultivation areas can now correspondingly augment the number of foreign workers they employ, which the ministry said will empower farmers to grow and produce "according to their ability and desire and not according to the necessity of the resource of working hands."
Monday's barrage triggered sirens in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Rishon Lezion and Holon. No injuries from the barrage were reported, though several cars were damaged.
The Israeli soldier wounded in a car-ramming terrorist attack Monday morning is now in stable condition after completing eight hours of surgery. A spokesman for Rambam Hospital in Haifa, where the soldier was taken for treatment, said he underwent a series of orthopaedic surgeries conducted
Following five consecutive days of protests, the Israel Defence Forces designated the area as a closed military zone to curtail the now-daily gatherings.
Hamas, along with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, issued a joint statement insisting that any agreement must include an end to the ongoing conflict and a complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza.
Inspections were carried out on 148 vehicles, of which 42 were removed from the roads, in what was described as a "targeted enforcement activity" against polluting and noisy vehicles carried out in Kfar Qasim, an Arab town located in the north of Israel.
According to an Israeli Foreign Ministry announcement, her visit "comes against the backdrop of UN bodies such as the UN Women organization ignoring the reports of the appalling cases that have been uncovered."
Israeli security forces uncovered a tunnel shaft rigged with explosive charges in the Jenin refugee camp as 19 Palestinians were arrested in counterterror operations in Judea and Samaria on Sunday night.