French Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Séjourné is set to visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories on Monday, the French Embassy in Israel announced on Sunday.Séjourné will reportedly also visit Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon during a four-day tour of the region.The French foreign minister will also meet with senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and opposition head Yair Lapid.Séjourné is also set to meet with families of the French hostages or missing nationals.

Israel's government said on Sunday it would bring in 65,000 foreign workers from India, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan to resume construction stalled since October 7 when Palestinian workers were sent home in the wake of the attack on Israel by Hamas.Some 72,000 Palestinian workers were employed on construction sites in Israel prior to the attack, which prompted the government to lay them off and exclude them from Israel for security reasons.Some 20,000 foreign workers remain but almost half the country's building sites have been closed down due to the labor shortage.A housing ministry spokesperson said new groups of foreign workers were expected to arrive in coming weeks as the government seeks to avoid a blockage in supply that would risk reigniting real estate prices as interest rates start to fall.