Security forces

Ex-Mossad counterterror chief slams Qatar’s support for Hamas at Jerusalem Post conference

Oded Ailam warns Israel must reject Qatar as mediator unless it ends support for Hamas and Al Jazeera.

Oded Ailam, Former director of the counter terrorism center of the Mossad, Researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA).
Brigadier General (res) Amir Avivi, Founder & Chairman, Israel's Defense and Security Forum.

IDSF founder: Israel’s security rests on values, not tech, calls for long-term vision beyond Gaza

A picture taken from the Palestinian village of Sair shows the Israeli settlement of Metzad on March 15, 2017.

Israeli moderately wounded after being struck with an iron rod in West Bank altercation

Israeli soldiers at the scene a Palestinian was shot for throwing stones, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 28, 2025

Israeli mistakenly enters Palestinian village in Area B, pelted with stones - report


The growing cancer of lawbreakers in West Bank must be cut out, before its too late - editorial

The focus of our security forces has rightfully been on the survival of the Jewish state, as the country has fought enemies on seven fronts. But the enemy from within needs to be addressed now.

 A Palestinian man stands next to a burnt car after an attack by Israeli settlers in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.

'Life-threatening risk': Security leaks on social media endanger troops on the ground - committee

"We are in a situation where very significant information, which could assist the enemy, is freely available on social media, and we must stop this,” a Yesh Atid MK said.

 An Israeli tank manoeuvres in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 17, 2025.

‘2025 must be a year of decision’

Former MK Yoni Chetboun says that Israel must make difficult choices in the coming months

 YONI CHETBOUN addresses the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York last month

Israel must commit to normalizing emotional support, especially among security forces - opinion

Members of the security forces are frequently confronted by horrific scenes, but are among the least likely to seek help.

 ST.-SGT.-MAJ. Igor Pivnev, a policeman praised for his bravery during the October 7 Hamas attacks, had taken his own life.

Politicizing the Shin Bet endangers Israel's national security - opinion

The agency’s extensive powers create significant temptation for the minister responsible for it – the prime minister – to direct the Shin Bet chief to use those powers against political opponents.

 FORMER SHIN BET director Yoram Cohen receives protection amid a stormy scene at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the High Court holds a hearing on the cabinet’s firing of the current Israel Security Agency chief, Ronen Bar. Cohen alleges that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked of the Shin Bet

Israeli security echelon pushes for limited Temple Mount access ahead of Ramadan - report

Ramadan often presents a security challenge in Jerusalem, but this may be greater this year given the ongoing seven-front war and Operation Iron Wall in the West Bank.

 MUSLIM WORSHIPERS attend Friday prayers during Ramadan at the al-Aqsa compound last March. For Hamas and its supporters, the war with Israel is a war for the Temple Mount, the writer contends.

Inside a US security firm's risky Gaza mission

US contractors have been deployed to a Gaza checkpoint amid Israel-Hamas truce

 Israeli military helicopters land, ahead of the expected arrival of released Israeli hostages, who have been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, in Reim, southern Israel, January 25, 2025.

Nearly half of Israelis volunteered at outset of Gaza war, survey finds

The survey showed that a month into the war, war-related volunteering patterns dropped to a rate of 28.7%, and today they stand at 15%.

 Israeli citizens pack donations of food and other necessities for the Israeli soldiers and citizens in the south, in Tel Aviv, October 15, 2023

Ben-Gvir’s Chief of Staff Chanamel Dorfman raises security amid 'Level Five' threats

The rise in the minister’s chief of staff security level requires additional security personnel around Dorfman, and accompany him through the day and night.

 Chanamel Dorfman seen during a tour of Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir in Lod, April 17, 2023.

IDF discovers tunnel near Tulkarm hospital, kills armed terrorists in intense West Bank operation

Security forces also killed a terrorist who threw explosive devices and dismantled a vehicle rigged with explosives.

 IDF soldiers conduct counter-terrorism operations in Tulkarm, West Bank.

Terror suspect involved in Hebron-area car bombing arrested in Halhoul hospital

Yamam and Shin Bet fighters arrested a wanted man, a resident of Halhoul near Hebron, who was involved in a car bomb explosion about a month ago. The wanted man was injured during the explosion.

Forces at the scene of a gas station car bomb explosion in Gush Etzion.