Overview
- Police cleared the case for publication early Monday after a covert investigation that ran for months under a gag order.
- Seven suspects are in custody, with reports differing on whether all are guards or include two Palestinians alongside five Israeli guards, and further detention extensions are expected this week.
- Investigators say entrants bypassed the Ofer checkpoint by using Israeli-plated cars on Highway 443 to reach a guarded back entrance to Givat Ze'ev’s Agan Ha’ayalot neighborhood.
- Police allege the guards received tens of thousands of shekels, and one detainee is described as an illegal resident who coordinated the transfers.
- Some people who entered via the scheme were later detained for working illegally, and police closed certain workplaces found employing them, as the council moves to tighten oversight.