A video filmed by the Israel Police shows the arrest of about 60 Palestinian laborers who were found crammed in inhumane conditions inside a garbage truck, at a checkpoint on Route 5 in the  West Bank. The West Bank is in the throes of a dire economic crisis. Unemployment stands at 28.5%, partly due to the blanket cancellation of tens of thousands of Israeli work permits for West Bank Palestinians since October 2023. This harm is exacerbated by severe movement restrictions imposed by the military on Palestinians and the takeover of agricultural lands by settler militias and army forces. Given these circumstances, many Palestinians try to enter Israel to seek work even without permits, using various methods entailing significant risk to their lives, health, and freedom. Some attempt to cross the Separation Barrier on foot, while others try to get through checkpoints crammed inside trucks. According to PGFTU, 18 Palestinians were killed in 2025 while trying to cross the Separation Barrier in search of work. Some were shot dead by Israeli forces and others were killed while being chased. The Israeli apartheid regime’s treatment of Palestinians as cheap labor when useful and as people who can be driven into severe economic hardship at other times, reflects the deep-seated dehumanization of Palestinians among Israelis.