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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Border Crossing Authority

The ammo confiscated by Israeli security at the Reihan Crossing in the northern West Bank, May 20, 2022. (Defense Ministry Spokesperson)
May 20, 2022, 3:09 pm
Security forces thwart attempted smuggling of 4,000 bullets into West Bank
Massive cache discovered after two Israeli citizens arouse suspicion of security guards at Reihan Crossing
By ToI Staff
Julie Weinberg-Connors, 23, arrived in Israel on September 12, 2018 to begin a year of study at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, a nondenominational yeshiva in Jerusalem. (Julie Weinberg-Connors via JTA)
September 13, 2018, 1:58 am
Jewish American left-winger, headed to Israel to study, detained at border
Following threats of deportation, Julie Weinberg-Connors, 23, allowed into country after pledging not to visit Palestinian areas; undeterred, they intend to immigrate to Israel
By Ben Sales
Kamil Abu Rokon, center, Israel's next liaison to the Palestinians, receives the rank of major general from IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, right, and Abu Rokon's wife in a ceremony at the army's Tel Aviv headquarters on March 29, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 29, 2018, 6:58 pm
Kamil Abu Rokon appointed Israel’s next liaison to Palestinians
Druze officer promoted to major general, will take over for Yoav Mordechai after formal ceremony in May
By Judah Ari Gross
Explosive materials discovered by Crossing Authority checkers inside a shipment of medical goods to the at the Kerem Shalom Crossing on February 4, 2018. (Defense Ministry)
February 4, 2018, 1:08 pm
Israel seizes Gaza-bound material used to make bombs
Officials say dual-use chemicals, hidden in medical equipment, can be used ‘to create explosives and make explosives more powerful’
By Judah Ari Gross
Brig. Gen. (res.) Kamil Abu Rokon, current head of the Defense Ministry's Border Crossing Authority, named Israel's next military liaison to the Palestinians on December 17, 2017. (Dana Shraga/Defense Ministry)
December 17, 2017, 1:45 pm
Kamil Abu Rokon named Israel’s next military liaison to Palestinians
Defense Ministry’s official announcement comes month after minister leaked that the Druze brigadier general had been tapped to replace Yoav Mordechai
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian trucks loaded with supplies enter the southern Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah, on November 1, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
December 2, 2017, 7:07 pm
Labor dispute to shutter crossings with Gaza, West Bank on Sunday
Quarrel over pay will stop goods transfer to Strip, while also preventing 70,000 Palestinian workers from entering Israel
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video showing a technician testing for banned substances in a laboratory at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with the Gaza Strip. (Defense Ministry)
November 22, 2017, 12:48 pm
New lab at border detects truckload of ‘dangerous material’ headed to Gaza
Border Crossing Authority unveils facility used to sample goods and detect banned substances en route to Hamas-run enclave
By Stuart Winer
Brig. Gen. (res.) Kamil Abu Rokon, current head of the Defense Ministry's Border Crossing Authority, reportedly named Israel's next military liaison to the Palestinians on November 20, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
November 20, 2017, 10:14 am
Minister lauds new liaison to Palestinians — before he’s officially approved
Jumping the gun, Ayoub Kara congratulates Kamil Abu Rokon on COGAT role, despite Defense Ministry not signing off
By Judah Ari Gross
A laser sight, ordered over the internet, seized by border crossing officials as it was being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, October 2017. (Defense Ministry)
November 14, 2017, 1:33 pm
Gaza terrorists buying gear online, Defense Ministry says
Border Authority officials intercept hundreds of contraband items en route to the Palestinian enclave
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A Crossing Authority agent takes a military boot out of a slipper from a shipment that was bound for the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom Crossing on October 8, 2017. (Screen capture: Defense Ministry)
October 8, 2017, 3:18 pm
Israel: Hamas tried to smuggle army boots to Gaza in shipment of emoji slippers
Defense Ministry’s Crossing Authority finds military footwear camouflaged as emoji-covered slippers, says they were en route to terror group
By Judah Ari Gross
A Defense Ministry worker displays a wet suit found hidden in a shipment of sporting gear that was bound for the Gaza Strip on April 3, 2017. (Defense Ministry)
April 3, 2017, 4:36 pm
Israel foils attempt to allegedly smuggle scuba gear to Hamas frogmen
Defense Ministry finds dozens of wet suits it says were going to terror group’s naval command unit in Gaza Strip
By Judah Ari Gross
A Hamas drone paraded at a celebration marking the 27th anniversary of the founding of the terror group in 2014. (YouTube/RuptlyTV)
February 23, 2017, 4:39 pm
IDF jet downs Hamas drone off the Gaza coast
Army says the UAV never entered Israeli airspace, vows not to allow violations of sovereignty
By Judah Ari Gross
Trucks loaded with aid enter the Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing on October 12, 2014, in Rafah in southern Gaza. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 15, 2017, 7:01 pm
Israel foiled 1,226 smuggling attempts at Gaza crossing last year
Defense Ministry notes record number of trucks bringing goods to the Strip, Palestinians entering Israel through checkpoints
By Judah Ari Gross
Bara’a Ramadan Owaisi, 13, speaks to Channel 2 after an Israeli military court freed her on September 22, 2016. (Screenshot)
September 23, 2016, 12:42 am
Palestinian teen accused of attempting ‘suicide by soldier’ denies wanting to die
13-year-old freed by Israeli military court, which found no evidence of intent to attack guards at checkpoint
By ToI Staff
Security guards shoot a 13-year-old Palestinian girl in the leg as she refused to halt at the Eliyahu Crossing in the West Bank, on September 21, 2016. (Defense Ministry)
September 22, 2016, 5:34 pm
‘Suicide by soldier’ Palestinian girl freed by military court
Army finds no evidence teenager who approached checkpoint and was shot in leg had planned an attack; she told investigators ‘I came to die’
By ToI Staff
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