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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Egyptian smugglers

Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on May 25, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 25, 2022, 10:56 pm
IDF captures 105-kilogram drug shipment on Egypt border, arrests one
Suspect also found to be carrying night-vision goggles and other equipment allegedly for smuggling attempts
By Emanuel Fabian
Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on April 23, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 23, 2022, 9:23 pm
IDF foils smuggling of 200 kilograms of drugs on Egypt border
Troops seize contraband worth NIS 4 million ($1.22 million) after lookouts spot smugglers on opposite side of fence; no arrests made
By Emanuel Fabian
Drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on April 8, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 8, 2022, 3:28 pm
IDF captures 120-kilogram drug shipment on Egypt border
Troops seize contraband worth NIS 2.4 million after lookouts spot smugglers on opposite side of fence; no arrests made
By Emanuel Fabian
Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on March 2, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 3, 2022, 5:23 am
Major drug bust on Egyptian border nets 300 kg of marijuana, hashish
Troops foiling smuggling attempt seize contraband worth NIS 6 million; no arrests
By Emanuel Fabian
Troops stand next to drugs seized during a smuggling attempt on the Egypt border, on February 5, 2022. (IDF)
February 5, 2022, 4:28 pm
IDF foils $1.2 million drug-smuggling attempt along border with Egypt
More than 200 kilograms of marijuana flowers and hashish seized, no arrests made
By Emanuel Fabian
View of Road 12 on the Israeli-Egyptian border, on October 15, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
February 4, 2022, 9:59 pm
Officer removed over friendly fire incident on Egypt border that wounded 2 soldiers
Internal probe finds Caracal Brigade deputy commander failed to coordinate aspects of operation with other units involved, violated regulations when he opened fire on border cops
By ToI Staff
Around 100 kilograms of drugs that were intercepted during a smuggling attempt from Egypt, January 8, 2022 (Israel Defense Forces)
January 27, 2022, 9:01 am
2 border guards lightly hurt by friendly fire while trying to thwart drug-smuggling
Security forces respond to 9 smuggling attempts in ‘one of the most active nights on the Egyptian border in recent memory’
By Judah Ari Gross
Part of the fence along the Israeli-Egyptian border, north of Eilat. (Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
December 10, 2021, 3:10 pm
IDF captures 120 kg of drugs on Egyptian border as smugglers flee
Soldiers sent to scene after surveillance identified the suspects trying to cross; authorities say illegal substances worth some $650,000
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers pretend to arrest a suspected smuggler during a simulation near the Egyptian border on July 8, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 12, 2021, 6:30 am
Turning to crime-fighting, IDF steps up efforts against drug running from Sinai
Military cracks down on marijuana smuggling, but core economic issues pushing Bedouin Israelis to crime remain, and campaign seems to have little effect on overall drug trade
By Judah Ari Gross
Soldiers of the Caracal Battalion prepare for a hike as part of their training on September 3, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 8, 2021, 8:57 am
After heading coed battalion, an IDF officer sees women soon leading the charge
As he leaves Caracal, Lt. Col. Erez Shabtay hails performance of mixed-gender units over same-sex ones, says his troops cut smuggling on Egyptian border by 80%
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Egyptian drug smugglers on ladders are seen throwing their goods to Israeli Bedouin smugglers across the border in footage from 2018. (Channel 13 screenshot)
January 22, 2019, 6:50 am
Rare footage shows drug bust as dozens of smugglers meet at Israel-Egypt border
Police ambush Bedouin traffickers as they receive 100 kilos of drugs from Egyptian narcos at security fence; firefight ensues
By ToI Staff
Dozens of Egyptian Bedouin drug-runners on ladders throw bundles of marijuana over the border into Israel, in a massive smuggling attempt that turned into a gun battle on January 21, 2018. (Israel Police)
January 22, 2018, 12:09 pm
Large gun battle breaks out as Israeli forces bust Sinai drug smugglers
Dozens of Egyptians on ladders toss bundles of marijuana over the border in smuggling attempt that ends in ‘massive’ shootout; one Israeli smuggler apparently killed in clash
By Judah Ari Gross
A display of smuggled Jewish items which were seized in Egypt on August 17, 2017 (Facebook)
August 21, 2017, 4:57 pm
Bizarre 18th century Jewish items seized from archaeology smuggler in Egypt
Collection of artifacts taken from a Saudi citizen; also found, and undated, was a 29-page book written in esoteric ‘Hebrew,’ described as ‘the commandments of Judas Iscariot’ — and illustrated with scorpions
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Damaged pharaonic objects in the Malawi Antiquities Museum after it was ransacked and looted in Malawi, in August 2013, south of Minya, Egypt. (photo credit: AP/Roger Anis, el-Shorouk newspaper)
From the WebAugust 18, 2013, 5:15 pm
Looters in Egypt ransack museum for artifacts
Daily Mail: Vandals destroy the Malawi Museum in Minya, taking several priceless pieces and damaging others
Illustrative photo of an Egyptian armored personnel carrier (APC), in Sinai, along the border with Israel. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
February 7, 2013, 6:54 pm
Egypt ‘thwarts five attempts to smuggle weapons to Gaza’
Cairo security source claims authorities working hard to police Egypt-Gaza border
By Philip Podolsky
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