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US to test Active Denial System energy weapon for potential use along border with Mexico - report

Despite being nonlethal, potential use of the weapon system on the US-Mexico border has raised concerns over potential direct and indirect harm to its targets.

A US Marine Corps truck is seen carrying a palletized version of the Active Denial System, March 9, 2012, at the US Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with Israeli military draft orders, in Jerusalem, August 2, 2026.

Israel Police says 143 draft evaders were released as IDF failed to meet detention deadlines

An overlook of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel.

JNF allocates NIS 33 million to rebuild border-adjacent northern towns 2-5 km from Lebanon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and the PM's Military Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Guy Markizeno visit the eastern security wall, October 15, 2026.

'Do not test us': Netanyahu touts new 'massive' eastern border wall, defense plans


Before passports: How travelers crossed borders

The passport was not the beginning of travel documentation, but the result of centuries of attempts to control movement, identity and access across borders.

Before passports became standard, travellers relied on permits, letters and personal recognition to cross borders.

IDF detains three settler activists who breached Syrian border

HaBashan Pioneers also attempted to breach the Syrian border on July 22, with the IDF detaining the activists prior to successfully reaching the Syrian Hermon. 

Members of the HaBashan Pioneers make their way towards the Israel-Syrian border, July 5, 2026; Illustrative.

Suspect shot in leg by Border Police at Shuafat crossing near Jerusalem

During the arrest the suspect was shot in the leg. No officers were injured.

ISRAELI BORDER police operate near Betlehem.

IDF detains Israeli civilians who attempted to breach Syrian border

The incident is the latest of several illegal border crossing attempts by Israeli citizens into Syrian territory, some of which were successful.

Israeli soldiers seen in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on February 8, 2024; Illustrative.

IDF nearly strikes right-wing Israeli activists mistaken for terrorists near Syrian border - report

Military observers halted an airstrike moments before it launched to hit five Israeli activists near Mount Hermon after realizing the suspected infiltrators were activists with HaBashan Pioneers.

Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Syria in northern Israel, February 28, 2026.

Far-right Nahala settler movement agrees not to enter Gaza, end march at lookout on border

The march, titled "Thousands march to Gaza," bears the slogan "After 21 years, we're returning home," referencing the 2005 disengagement from Gush Katif.

Demonstartors participate in a march to Gaza organized by the far-right Nahala settler movement, July 19, 2026.

Israeli gov't gives Jordan Valley farmers drones, rangers to deter 'Palestinian terror state'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock both attended the ceremony at which the equipment was presented to support farms and outposts in the West Bank.

Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich, Israel Ganz, Head of Binyamin Regional Council and Orit Strock, National Mission Minister at a faction meeting in the Jewish settlement of Givat Harel, in the West Bank, February 14, 2023.

Israel's border with Jordan vulnerable to terror infiltration, weapons smuggling, locals fear

Central Arava Regional Council Head Meir Tzur pointed out the vulnerability presented by the current wire-fence setup, saying, "Any citizen can cross, they don't even have to jump."

View of the Israel–Jordan border along the Yarmouk River in the Golan Heights, March 16, 2026.

IDF detains Israeli civilians in Golan Heights who attempted to cross into Syria

On July 5, about 100 such activists crossed into the Syrian side of Mount Hermon and were subsequently detained by the IDF.

View of the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.

Israel’s Syria border dilemma: When activism undermines security policy - analysis

The repeated entry of Israeli activists into Syria highlights a legal and security dilemma as authorities struggle to deter violations of the buffer zone.

 Direction and distance sign for the Syrian capital of Damascus at Mount Bental Israeli military outpost on the Syrian border