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(IsraelNN.com) Some 100 members of the newly-created "Oz" task force against illegal immigration raided the Gan Levinsky area near Tel Aviv's new Central Bus Station and rounded up 300 foreign laborers. Both legal and illegal workers were detained as part of the "Hadera-Gadera" law which rules that foreign workers must reside north or south of the two Israeli cities.

Eighty-eight foreign workers and refugees rounded up in the raid remain in police custody. "As of today, we have the responsibility for enforcing the law and it has been decided that there will be an intensive effort that will seriously impact the Israeli economy," said Tziki Sela, commander of the Oz unit.