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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 622

border security

Volunteer security team members from the Gaza border hone their shooting skills at at an IDF range. (Magen Yehuda)
May 10, 2025, 8:13 am
IDF joins forces with NGO to turn community security teams into lean fighting machines
After Oct. 7 failures led to the killing of 48 civilian first responders, a grassroots org launches Magen 48 to professionally train security volunteers from 66 Gaza border communities
By Sue Surkes
The US green card found on the body of Abdelaziz Kaddi, a Moroccan terrorist who stabbed four people in Tel Aviv on January 21, 2025. (X; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
January 23, 2025, 2:29 pm
‘Unclear why he’s here’: Questions mount over how Tel Aviv stabber was let into Israel
Reports say officials found Abdelaziz Kaddi had no lodging plans, little money and no obvious reason for wanting to visit, but okayed him anyway; days later he knifed four people
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) shakes hands with with Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at 10 Downing Street, in central London, on January 14, 2025. (Kin Cheung / POOL / AFP)
January 14, 2025, 10:01 pm
In reset of ties, UK and Iraq sign mega-deal on infrastructure, security, migration
Starmer is eager to remake relations with a host of capitals, from Beijing to Brussels, and anxious to seal deals to boost Britain’s ailing economy
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
A soldier stands near the border between southern Israel and the Gaza Strip on January 31, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 21, 2024, 12:33 pm
On both sides of Gaza’s border, the IDF is remaking security from the (under)ground up
From a buffer zone to attack drones and more troops, the army plans to keep Israel safe by taking a zero-tolerance approach to tunnel building or any other disturbance
By Amir Bar Shalom
President Joe Biden, right, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, center, during the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
February 4, 2024, 4:46 am
House Republicans propose $17.6 billion aid package for Israel; Biden rejects ‘ploy’
Bill would provide billions for air defense, replenish US arms, as GOP seeks to back Jerusalem while refusing Senate compromise that also aids Ukraine, toughens border restrictions
By AP, Reuters and ToI Staff
A knife used in a stabbing attempt by a Palestinian woman at the az-Za’ayyem checkpoint between Maale Adumim and Jerusalem, April 10, 2019. (Israel Police)
April 10, 2019, 5:07 pm
Palestinian bus passenger attempts to stab guards at checkpoint; no injuries
Woman draws knife during security check before being subdued by officers, police say
By ToI Staff
A police officer stands near the US Capitol during a government shutdown in Washington, DC, December 27, 2018. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
December 28, 2018, 2:46 am
Trump points to Israeli wall as shutdown seen lasting into 2019
Senators fail to come together on border security budget battle and will not meet again until January 2; president claims Israeli example proves wall’s efficacy
By AFP and ToI Staff
Planes on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport, 2011 (CC-BY Phillip Capper/Wikipedia)
July 12, 2017, 5:49 am
Iranian cancer researcher traveling to Boston detained at airport
Border control official says Dr. Mohsen Dehnavi and his family, who all have visas, were stopped for ‘reasons unrelated’ to Trump’s travel ban
By Philip Marcelo
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, listens to Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray as they offer a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry building in Mexico City on February 23, 2017. (Carlos Barria/Pool/AFP)
February 26, 2017, 2:37 am
Mexico vows to impose tariffs if Trump presses wall payment
White House threat to tax Mexican goods to pay for border wall would be met by similar tax across the border, foreign minister warns
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Palestinian woman who sits next to her luggage as she waits to cross to the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, October 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
January 31, 2017, 12:07 pm
Palestinian asylum-seekers rush toward Canada’s open arms
2016 saw a marked increase in West Bank and Gaza residents who, claiming religious discrimination and political persecution, applied for Canadian refugee status
By Julie Masis
President Donald Trump points to guests upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force One, Md., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. Trump is returning from Philadelphia after speaking at the House and Senate GOP lawmakers at their annual policy retreat. ( AP/Jose Luis Magana)
January 27, 2017, 12:22 am
Trump said to consider 20% tax on Mexican imports to fund wall
Spokesman Sean Spicer clarifies the tax just an option, after Mexico refuses to pay, cancels meeting with president
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Border Patrol vehicle sits along the US-Mexico border wall on January 25, 2017, in San Ysidro, California. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images/AFP)
January 26, 2017, 9:02 pm
US Border Patrol chief out day after Trump Mexico border fence decree
Official in charge of securing border with Mexico, Canada leaves agency; unclear if he was fired or resigned
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative. An Israeli tank parks in position overlooking the Gaza Strip on December 25, 2013. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
January 15, 2017, 11:34 am
IDF tank shells Hamas post after army vehicle gets shot
Troops working near security barrier come under fire; soldiers unharmed but military equipment damaged
By Judah Ari Gross and AFP
Indian activists from the Congress Party shout anti-Pakistan slogans and hold a picture of Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif during a protest against Pakistan in Jammu on September 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA)
September 29, 2016, 11:35 am
India hits Kashmiri border with Pakistan ‘to thwart terror’
Pakistan condemns ‘naked aggression’ by India and ‘unprovoked firing’ that killed two of its soldiers
By AFP
French soldiers patrol at Gare du Nord train station in Paris, France on August 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Binta, File)
August 30, 2015, 12:20 am
Europe to impose more ID, bag checks on trains after foiled attack
At emergency meeting, security chiefs struggle to find solutions that protect travelers but don’t threaten border-free travel zone
By Thomas Adamson and Angela Charlton
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