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Police raid a building during a wave of arrests carried out against suspects in a drug and arms trafficking network in southern Israel and East Jerusalem, on July 13, 2026. (Israel Police)
July 13, 2026, 11:39 am
Police arrest dozens as undercover agent busts suspected arms, drug smuggling network
Police say operation marks first time Bedouin agent used for elite undercover probe; police say 4 M16s, dozens of handguns and cocaine among the contraband seized in multiple raids
By Charlie Summers
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
Illustrative: Border Police officers in Ben Shemen Forest, May 5, 2022. (Flash90)
July 14, 2022, 8:49 am
Top Border Police officer jailed for conning subordinate to perform indecent acts
Commander in undercover unit convinced female officer that they were to pretend to be lovers on secret mission, then kissed and groped her; police say he has been booted from force
By ToI Staff
The center of the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, February 16, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 15, 2022, 5:30 pm
Justice Ministry to investigate killing of Bedouin man by undercover cops in Rahat
Top cop Shabtai backs officers who shot Sanad Salam al-Harbad, 25, saying he pointed a gun straight at them; Rahat mayor asks why anti-terror unit was deployed inside Israeli city
By Aaron Boxerman and Emanuel Fabian
A screen shot from a reported raid by undercover Israeli commandos at Birzeit University in the West Bank on March 7, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 3, 2018, 2:03 pm
Shin Bet: Palestinian student leader received €150k for Hamas through Turkey
Omar al-Kiswani, whose on-campus arrest in March by undercover forces was filmed and went viral, said to have funneled funds with aid from Gaza-based operative
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative photo of drugs (Orel Cohen /Flash90)
March 20, 2018, 4:38 am
Police agent disguised as Bratslav Hasid incriminates drug dealers
30 suspects arrested in simultaneous raids after year-long undercover operation in south Tel Aviv
By Michael Bachner
Weapons captured by police in an undercover operation in East Jerusalem (Israel Police)
March 12, 2018, 6:23 pm
Police nab dozens of weapons, 22 suspects in East Jerusalem
Captured arms include bombs, assault rifles, handguns and ammunition; some of those arrested said to be known terror operatives
By ToI Staff
A screen shot from a reported raid by undercover Israeli commandos at Birzeit University in the West Bank on March 7, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 7, 2018, 8:29 pm
In daylight campus raid, undercover commandos nab West Bank student leader
Footage of incident shows armed men at Birzeit University snatching Omar al-Kiswani, a member of Hamas’s student faction
By Alexander Fulbright
Undercover Israeli policemen detain Palestinian protesters during clashes in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 13, 2017. (Abbas Momani/AFP)
December 13, 2017, 6:21 pm
Undercover troops infiltrate, break up violent Ramallah protest
Police officers blend into crowd before suddenly drawing pistols, firing shots in the air and arresting several rock throwers
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 29, 2017, 9:16 am
22 suspected pedophiles arrested in nationwide raids
More detentions expected after undercover operation tracked individuals who allegedly harassed and abused children online
By Stuart Winer
illustrative: A man asks for money on the streets in the center of Jerusalem, March 17, 2014. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 22, 2016, 4:34 pm
Trafficking ring of hearing, speech-impaired beggars busted
6 suspects accused of compelling Eastern Europeans to ask for donations; allegations include forced labor, assault, rape, withholding passports
By ToI Staff
An Iranian couple sit together in the northwestern Shahran neighborhood overlooking Tehran on June 7, 2014. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
April 18, 2016, 8:20 pm
7,000 undercover vice cops patroling Tehran
Vast network of undercover informants report on lax veiling and anti-social behavior, local police chief says
By AFP
Image from a CCTV video released by al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron shows an arrest raid seeking a stabbing suspect by Israeli forces disguised in fake beards, November 12, 2015. (al-Ahli Hospital via AP)
November 13, 2015, 5:06 am
Hospital raid video offer rare glimpse into undercover Israeli units
Troops undergo intensive training, often come from Arabic-speaking minorities, and immerse themselves in the ‘local terrain’
By Josef Federman
IDF soldiers and undercover security forces detain a Palestinian stone thrower during clashes in Beit El, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, on October 7, 2015. (AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)
October 8, 2015, 5:37 am
WATCH: Disguised as stone-throwers, undercover Israeli forces arrest Palestinians
One Palestinian rioter in critical condition, two others wounded in violent clash with IDF troops near Beit El
By AFP, ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative photo of a gun. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 13, 2015, 9:56 am
15 nabbed for selling drugs, explosives to undercover cop
One suspect, a recently discharged soldier, sold police officer explosive bricks taken from IDF bases
By ToI Staff
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