Deadly Week in Workplaces: Five Workers Killed and 13 Injured in the Past Week

Five workers were killed and 13 injured last week in work accidents in Israel. Since the beginning of the year, 47 fatalities have been recorded, 29 of them in the construction industry. The article details the incidents by day, including names of the victims and circumstances of the injuries.

Five workers were killed and 13 injured last week in work accidents in Israel, according to MDA reports and a breakdown of incidents in the article. Since the beginning of the year, 47 workers have been killed, 29 of them in the construction industry. The incidents occurred between Sunday and Friday, July 20-26, 2026, at construction sites and factories across the country. Among the dead: a foreign worker at the Kiryat Malachi junction, Majdi Muhammad Qasim Muslem in Bnei Brak, a foreign worker in Jerusalem, Raed Samih Abu Arab in Kafr Qasim, and a worker in Nof HaGalil. The injured were evacuated to hospitals in central and southern Israel. The article does not include an analysis of the causes of the accidents or address safety enforcement.