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Handguns, magazines and ammunition discovered at a construction site in the northern town of Arraba on November 22, 2025. (Israel Police)
November 28, 2025, 2:52 pm
Police shutter construction site in northern Israel after uncovering weapons stash
32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of possessing two pistols, magazines and ammunition; police say latest bust part of larger effort against illegal arms possession in north
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ashdod port workers unload a container with millions of eggs imported from Spain at Ashdod port on April 5, 2020. (Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 6:44 pm
Israeli police’s longest-ever undercover op helps bust smuggling ring at Ashdod port
Secret agent codenamed ‘Jack Sparrow’ worked at port for 4.5 years leading to arrest of dozens of importers and customs officials; seizure of contraband
By ToI Staff
A Matador shoulder-mounted launcher and boxed ammo rounds in a trunk, in a photo released by police on February 18, 2024. (Israel Police)
August 4, 2024, 4:54 pm
Report: Terror groups trying to use Arab Israeli crime gangs to carry out attacks
Ministers told that weapons pilfered from Gaza war are making their way into Arab community and posing a serious threat to national security
By ToI Staff
IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo released December 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 31, 2023, 9:02 pm
Man allegedly impersonated soldier, entered Gaza, stole weapons, posed with Netanyahu
Police say 35-year-old Tel Aviv resident stole guns, ammunition and equipment while masquerading as a cop, an officer in counterterror unit and a Shin Bet operative since Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
A machine gun and other illegal weapons sezied in police raids for arms in the Arab community, November 9, 2021. (Israel Police)
March 29, 2023, 12:47 am
Knesset passes law allowing police to search for illegal weapons with no warrant
Temporary legislation will go into effect for a year, is meant to help authorities fight violent crime, particularly in Arab communities
By ToI Staff
Several items, among them handguns, ammunition, and a bulletproof vest, seized as part of a police crackdown on organized crime in northern Israel, January 8, 2023. (Israel Police)
January 8, 2023, 7:30 pm
Police nab dozens of suspects, seize weapons as part of major underworld crackdown
Cops in northern Israel confiscate tens of thousands in cash and checks, hand out fines to unruly drivers, catch 5 Palestinians in country illegally
By Michael Horovitz
A police officer strikes a detained suspect during an arrest in the south of the country, October 25, 2022. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law.)
October 25, 2022, 10:57 pm
Authorities to investigate after video shows officers beating detained suspect
Cops seen knocking suspect to the ground, kicking and punching him; forces say Arab man had earlier threatened to harm officers with a firearm
By ToI Staff
A man heading to his honeymoon is arrested at Ben Gurion Airport on suspcicion he supplied a gun that was used to fire in the air at his wedding, March 30, 2022. (Israel Police)
June 2, 2022, 12:33 pm
Honeymooning groom arrested at airport for gunfire at his wedding
Resident of Tamra suspected of providing friend with pistol to fire celebratory shots during ceremony; officers detain him at Ben Gurion in front of his wife
By ToI Staff
The Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 4, 2022, 8:58 pm
Feuding Rahat families said to reconcile after shootings turn town into ‘Wild West’
Al-Uberah and al-Bahiri families reportedly reach a ‘sulha’ to end violence on Bedouin city’s streets
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Omer Barlev attends a ceremony at the Israel Police National Headquarters in Jerusalem, September 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
April 24, 2022, 8:51 pm
Police minister says Rahat violence ‘intolerable,’ reinforcements to be sent in
Israel’s top cop equates recent gun battles in southern Bedouin town with terrorism, after 14-year-old moderately hurt during apparent feud between two families
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, chairs a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 27, 2022. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)
April 1, 2022, 5:25 pm
Bennett vows ‘Israel will overcome’ this wave of terror too
With security forces on high alert, PM says authorities taking the initiative to thwart attacks, hunt down illegal weapons; Gantz urges Palestinians to ‘act for calm’
By ToI Staff
Weapons seized by Israeli security forces after an alleged gun-smuggling from Lebanon, on March 23, 2022. (Israel Police)
April 1, 2022, 2:14 pm
Police tell PM they can’t launch major operation against illegal weapons — report
Bennett said to ask law enforcement officials to seize opportunity amid string of terror attacks, but they told him they’re under too much strain
By ToI Staff
Dozens of guns recovered by Israeli soldiers and police that were allegedly smuggled into Israel from Jordan, on January 25, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 25, 2022, 7:36 pm
IDF, police bust gun-running operation on Jordanian border, seize 53 firearms
Cops arrest 4 suspects; guns were likely to be sold to Arab Israelis for criminal purposes; separately, soldiers and police prevent smuggling attempt on Lebanese frontier
By Judah Ari Gross
Mourners carry the body of Osama Subh, a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad killed by Israeli soldiers during a gun battle near Jenin, during his funeral in the village of Burqin in the northern West Bank on September 26, 2021. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
November 26, 2021, 4:36 pm
As unrest in West Bank’s Jenin rises, governor vows to restore order
City has boiled in recent months, with illegal weapons spreading, says PA governor; Israeli forces entering Jenin have seen repeated gun battles over the past few months
By Aaron Boxerman
IDF and Cypriot National Guard soldiers take part in a joint exercise at the Israeli army's Tzeelim training base in southern Israel on October 25, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces/ File)
November 14, 2021, 10:11 pm
IDF updates open-fire rules, letting soldiers shoot thieves, smugglers
Expanded rules of engagement meant to help military crackdown on gun thefts from military bases, cross-border drug deals
By Judah Ari Gross
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