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An Israel Police officer at the entrance to a suspected terror tunnel running from the area of A'zaim checkpoint in the West Bank toward Israel, in an image released on June 24, 2026. (Israel Police)
June 25, 2026, 4:33 pm
Police find possible terror tunnel running from West Bank toward Jerusalem, arrest 2
DNA from scene leads to arrest of 1 Palestinian, 1 East Jerusalem man; no weapons found but police probing whether plan was to use tunnel for terror attack or to smuggle in workers
By ToI Staff
Police inspect a car used in a suspected attempted car-ramming at the a-Zaim crossing outside Jerusalem on November 25, 2020. (Shlomo Mor)
November 30, 2020, 5:04 pm
Video appears to show Palestinian shot dead after alleged ramming incident ended
After being ordered to hold fire, Border Police officer shot Palestinian driver Nur Shuqeir, who had injured a policeman with his car while reportedly attempting to flee checkpoint
By Aaron Boxerman
Police inspect a car used in a suspected attempted car-ramming at the a-Zaim crossing outside Jerusalem on November 25, 2020. (Shlomo Mor)
November 29, 2020, 11:05 pm
In tacit exoneration, body of Palestinian car-ramming suspect returned to family
Israeli authorities regularly hold bodies of attackers in order to deter future attacks; police internal affairs says incident ‘being examined,’ but no investigation
By Aaron Boxerman
Police inspect a car used in a suspected attempted car-ramming at the a-Zaim crossing outside Jerusalem on November 25, 2020. (Shlomo Mor)
November 25, 2020, 3:54 pm
Palestinian driver shot dead while trying to ram through checkpoint — police
Border guard struck and lightly injured by car of East Jerusalem resident caught presenting false papers at West Bank crossing A’zaim, near Jerusalem
By Judah Ari Gross
A view of the Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the West Bank, January 28, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
March 9, 2020, 1:22 pm
Bennett orders paving of ‘sovereignty road’ allowing uninhibited E1 construction
Highway connecting Palestinian villages north of Ma’ale Adumim will allow Jewish travelers to reach settlement from Jerusalem without ‘friction’ with Arab neighbors, minister says
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Karam Qawasmi, who was shot in the back by Israeli forces in an incident caught on video last year, sits in his garden, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
November 12, 2019, 2:32 am
Israel looking to speak to Palestinian shot in back, as new allegations emerge
Karam Qawasmi, filmed being hit by non-lethal round at checkpoint, says officers also rammed him with jeep, beat him; ministry request for interview rare, activist says
By Adam Rasgon
Israel Police temporarily close off the A'Zaim crossing east of Jerusalem in the central West Bank following a stabbing attack on January 30, 2018. (Israel Police)
January 30, 2019, 11:06 am
Palestinian teen girl tries to stab checkpoint guard, is shot dead – police
No Israelis injured in incident at A’Zaim crossing, outside Jerusalem
By Judah Ari Gross
General view of the A'Zaim checkpoint on March 11, 2008. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash90)
October 16, 2018, 11:51 am
Border cop suspected of firing sponge-tipped bullet at Palestinian ‘for fun’
Officer arrested over May incident at A’Zaim checkpoint in West Bank; troops said to brag in text messages about shooting, which was captured on video
By Michael Bachner
Israeli security forces attend the scene a foiled attack near Ma'ale Adumim on October 7, 2015. (Magen David Adom)
October 7, 2015, 10:01 pm
2 injured in car-ramming attack at West Bank checkpoint
Palestinian shot after driving vehicle into A’zaim checkpoint near Ma’ale Adumim
By ToI Staff
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