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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

weapons smuggling

Suspects in what Jordan said was a plot linked to the Muslim Brotherhood to carry out attacks on targets inside the kingdom involving rockets and drones, April 15, 2025. (Jordanian General Intelligence Department via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 15, 2025, 8:18 pm
Jordan says it foiled Muslim Brotherhood plot to attack kingdom with rockets, drones
16 suspects linked to country’s largest opposition group said to have been trained and financed in Lebanon
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah drone intercepted by Israeli air defense over north Israel on August 25, 2024 (Jalaa Marey / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 12:04 pm
Hezbollah-linked drone smuggling ring uncovered in Europe – report
French paper reveals security agencies in Spain, Germany, France, and the UK thwarted massive smuggling operation targeting Israeli civilians and military
By Stav Levaton
FILE: Lebanese wave a Hezbollah flag in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, on February 18, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
February 26, 2025, 9:05 pm
IDF strike kills senior Hezbollah member involved in weapons smuggling to terror group
Military says strike targeted operative who ‘repeatedly’ violated truce terms, as Lebanese media says one killed, one wounded in drone strike on road in north of country
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative: A picture taken from Lebanon shows Syrian officials inspecting the damage on the Syrian side of the Dabussiyeh border crossing after an Israeli airstrike on November 27, 2024. (Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
November 30, 2024, 2:14 pm
IDF hits Hezbollah military facility in Syria, strikes ‘ceasefire violations’ in Lebanon
Army says Hezbollah continues to try bring weapons into Lebanon via civilian border crossings, vows to punish any truce violations; drone said to fire at car heading toward troops
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A captured shipment of Iranian weapons destined for terror operatives in the West Bank, in an image released by the Shin Bet on November 27, 2024. (Shin Bet)
November 27, 2024, 4:09 pm
Israel says it nabbed large trove of Iranian arms destined for West Bank attack
Shipment on way to terror operatives in Jenin included claymores, RPGs and rockets; Defense Ministry announces plans to build fence along Jordanian border
By Emanuel Fabian
This combination picture shows Jordanian MP Imad al-Adwan, arrested at the Allenby Bridge border crossing, and handguns allegedly seized from him on April 23, 2023 (Jordanian media; courtesy)
November 20, 2024, 5:08 pm
Jordan sentences lawmaker to 10 years in prison for smuggling weapons into West Bank
Imad al-Adwan was arrested by Israel last year with 200 guns found in his car, then handed over to Jordanians for trial
By ToI Staff
A residential building hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike in the Mezzeh suburb on the western outskirts of Syria's capital Damascus on October 8, 2024. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
October 9, 2024, 12:53 am
Israeli strike in Syria said to target top Hezbollah official in arms smuggling unit
Syrian state media reports 7 killed in Damascus after building hit near Iranian embassy; not immediately clear if reported assassination attempt successful
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks out over the Jordan Valley on September 11, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 11, 2024, 8:51 pm
Visiting Jordan Valley, Netanyahu vows to work with Amman to boost border fence
Days after deadly shooting at Allenby border crossing, PM says ‘stronger barrier’ needed along boundary with Jordan, a project repeatedly promised and scrapped over the years
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Illustrative - A cache of rockets is found by IDF troops in northern Gaza's Jabaliya, in a handout image released May 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 27, 2024, 11:08 am
Terrorists in West Bank may be able to fire rockets at Israel in a year — report
Broadcaster cites Palestinian Authority sources as saying pro-Iranian elements believed behind efforts to smuggle sophisticated rockets to terror groups in West Bank via Jordan
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Jordanian security vehicles patrol the area surrounding the site of an explosion at a military munitions depot in the city of Zarqa, east of the capital Amman, September 11, 2020. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)
June 22, 2024, 3:26 pm
Jordanian police discover, detonate explosives in Amman-area apartment
Police do not identify suspects; previous incidents have been linked to Iranian attempts to destabilize kingdom or smuggle arms to Palestinian terror groups in West Bank
By Reuters
Illustrative: weapons seized by security forces near Neve Ur in northern Israel, after an alleged gun-smuggling over the border with Jordan on July 8, 2022. (Israel Police)
April 9, 2024, 9:29 pm
NYT: Iran has flooded West Bank with arms for 2 years, aims to make it next flashpoint
Report details smuggling routes and complex network of terror groups, criminal gangs and Bedouin used by Tehran to ‘inundate’ area with weapons, ‘foment unrest’ against Israel
By ToI Staff
Iranian weapons smuggled into the West Bank captured by Israeli forces, in a handout image published March 25, 2024. (Shin Bet)
March 25, 2024, 6:20 pm
Shin Bet says it foiled Iranian plot to smuggle advanced weapons to W. Bank terrorists
Agency adds Munir Makdah, a senior Fatah official in Lebanon, was involved in plans; authorities capture mines, missiles, assault rifles
By Emanuel Fabian
Hamas terrorists fire rockets towards Israel from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 11, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
January 28, 2024, 9:05 pm
Much of Hamas’s explosives comes from IDF fire that failed to detonate — report
New York Times says terrorists in Gaza cut open Israeli-fired duds to create rockets; theft from IDF is also major source of weapons
By Lazar Berman
This image from a video posted by Hamas on December 20, 2023, purports to show Hamas terrorists using domestic copies of the AM-50 Sayyad, an Iranian-made a sniper rifle that fires a .50- caliber round powerful enough to punch through up to an inch of steel. (Hamas via AP)
January 25, 2024, 11:26 pm
Hamas’s cobbled together weapons arsenal still proving deadly to IDF troops in Gaza
Terror group has smuggled in range of guns, RPGs and anti-tank missiles from Iran, China, Russia and North Korea, while in the Strip it manufactures explosives from fertilizers
By AP
A Hamas security officer checks a truck entering Gaza at the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing with Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, June 21, 2021. (Adel Hana/AP)
September 8, 2023, 6:18 pm
Israel to end suspension of Gaza exports on Sunday
Last week military chief ordered to ban shipments from Strip after attempt to smuggle ‘high-quality’ explosive material via crossing to West Bank
By Emanuel Fabian
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