Illegal weapons

Woman detained after waving knives in Beersheba, court indicts suspects for lynching boy in Huwara

Jerusalem man indicted for sexual offenses against minors • Jerusalem Police seized several kilos of controlled substances • Two suspects arrested for possession of heroin and cocaine

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Israeli Border Police officers patrol outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City during the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, February 18, 2026.
WEAPONRY SEIZED by Israel Police during a raid on a suspected terror cell.

Four Umm el-Fahm residents arrested after police uncover plan for terror attack

The four suspected attempted terrorists, all in their 20s, had reportedly been training with illegal airsoft weaponry in preparation for launching an attack.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MANY ILLEGAL weapons in the Arab community are stolen from Israeli army bases, while others are smuggled from the borders with Jordan and Egypt. Here, illegal weapons are displayed after a police operation against illegal gun dealers, in Nazareth in 2021.

Southern district police seize 1,000 illegal weapons in Bedouin sector

According to previously published estimates, roughly 130,000 illegal weapons and other means of combat are still being held in the region.

|ByYANIR YAGNA
WEAPONS CONFISCATED by the police during the 'On Target' operation.

Over 200 arrested, guns, explosives confiscated, in major Arab crime crackdown by Israel Police

Since the start of the year, police have been conducting operation 'On Target,' consisting of a series of focused raids on known crime forces within the Arab community.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Israel seized 300 illegal weapons on Egyptian, Jordanian borders in 2022 - IDF

In addition to the weapons, over 2,100 kg. of drugs have been seized along the Egyptian and Jordanian borders.

AUGUST 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel security forces have seized over 2,100 kg. of smuggled drugs along the Egyptian and Jordanian borders since the start of 2022.

14 arrested in West Bank overnight, IDF soldier lightly wounded by gunfire

Weapons seized by Border Police operations in the West Bank • 3 suspects arrested for assaulting passers-by in the Old City of Jerusalem.

AUGUST 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Border Police confiscate weapons in Abu Dis

Israel's security forces bust massive weapons smuggling ring

Revealed on Monday, Israel Police's special operations unit and the IDF bust a major smuggling attempt in southern Israel.

AUGUST 15, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Firearms were found in the back of the suspects' vehicle

IDF confiscates millions of shekels worth of weapons smuggled from Jordan

The drugs and weapons that originate from Iraq and Syria can end up in the West Bank in the hands of potential Palestinian terrorists or criminal gangs inside Israel.

JULY 10, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Drugs and weapons smuggled in from Jordan caught by the IDF.

How did Shinzo Abe's killer make his DIY gun?

Video images from the scene showed the assailant fired at Abe with a device that had a pistol grip and seemingly two pipes covered in black electrical tape.

JULY 9, 2022ByREUTERS
A police officer detains a man, believed to have shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Nara, western Japan July 8, 2022

One year of Bennett's Israel: The Octopus doctrine, terror and a budget

A year into Israel’s current coalition, like in every government, nothing has been perfect – especially in terms of security and terrorism.

JUNE 12, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Tanach learning track meeting at Ben-Gurion House in Tel Aviv, May 31, 2022.

IDF, police thwart attempt to smuggle NIS 1 million in weapons

Security forces found a backpack carrying 80,000 Jordanian dinars (NIS 380,000) on the suspect.

APRIL 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Weapons captured by IDF and police after thwarting a smuggling attempt along the Jordanian border

Border Police forces deployed in Rahat as shootings amass

Three shooting incidents reported in Rahat on Sunday • Bar Lev says Israeli forces will be deployed in Rahat

APRIL 24, 2022ByTAL SPUNGIN
Bedouin men outside the scene where an armed suspect was killed after firing at police special forces who were operating in Rahat, southern Israel, March 15, 2022

Sixteen arrested in Daburiya as fight against Arab sector crime continues

Police: The government’s campaign has generated a change in Arab-Israelis’ attitudes towards police.

APRIL 16, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
An Israel Police detective arrests a man in Daburiya on April 14, 2022.

IDF, Israel Police foil NIS 3 million weapons smuggling

Four illegal arms dealers from east Jerusalem were caught with 53 illegal weapons in their possession.

JANUARY 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the northern border between Israel and Lebanon, on October 15, 2021.