Smuggling

IDF raids Hezbollah weapon storage site, booby-trapped explosive facility

Over the course of the operation, the IDF used six tons of explosives to destroy over 20 terrorist sites in the area.

HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS found by the IDF.
Smuggled cigarettes recovered by Israel Police, June 1, 2026.

Azerbaijani ship officers arrested in NIS 7 million cigarette smuggling bust

Humanitarian aid enters Gaza through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 16, 2026.

Six Israeli citizens arrested for weapons, drugs smuggling on Egyptian, Jordanian borders

An illustration of cargo containers containing the flags of China and Iran.

Iran purchased military satellite equipment from China through UAE company - report


IDF reduces drone weapons smuggling from Egypt, stopping 130 drones in a month

Most of the weapons being smuggled are made in Iran or Yemen, according to IDF sources.

Weapons and a drone that were intercepted by the IDF.

Border Police officer, civilians indicted for smuggling illegal residents, bribery, impersonation

Five officers were arrested at the conclusion of an undercover investigation opened following a report from the Border Police. The suspicions attributed to them: receiving bribes and breach of trust.

 Border police troops conduct large-scale operation to thwart illegal immigration to Israel. September 29, 2024.

Israel Police confiscate over 100 pistols, thwart smuggling attempt at Ben-Gurion Airport

The suspect is a Netivot resident in his twenties who arrived in Israel on a direct flight from Rome, Italy, on a foreign airline.

The series of pistols found and confiscated by Israel Police at Ben-Gurion Airport.

Southern Lebanon explosion caused by Hezbollah weapons smugglers, not IAF strike, Adraee confirms

The IDF confirmed an explosion in southern Lebanon was caused by a Hezbollah smuggling operation, not an Israeli airstrike, as Lebanese reports suggested earlier on Thursday.

Hezbollah weapons, in an image shared by the IDF, November 13, 2025.

The Sudan-Libya-Egypt triangle: An immediate Israeli security crisis - opinion

High-capacity smuggling routes running through the Sudan-Libya-Egypt tri-border area now offer hostile actors a reliable alternative to maritime and subterranean smuggling. 

HEAD OF LIBYA’S national unity government, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah (right), meets Sudan’s Sovereign Council chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan in Tripoli in 2024.

IDF foils weapons smuggling attempt via drone at Egyptian border

Three rifles were retrieved by Israeli forces after intercepting and locating the drone.

The three long weapons that the IDF located and seized after they were attempted to be smuggled into Israel, November 7, 2025.

IDF shoots drone smuggling weapons over western border, strikes terrorist crossing Gaza buffer zone

IDF observers noticed a foreign drone trying to cross one of Israel's western borders before shooting it down.

The IDF shot down a drone smuggling eight handguns into Israel over a western border, November 2, 2025.

IDF intercepts drone smuggling three rifles over Egypt border as Gaza ceasefire resumes

The IDF's statement did not clarify whether the smuggled weapons were intended for terrorists in Gaza or criminal gangs in southern Israel.

The IDF seizes three rifles after a drone attempted to smuggle them across the Egyptian border, October 29, 2025.

Syria juggling continued challenges, from drug smuggling to ISIS detainees - analysis

The Al-Hol camp has become a hotspot for ISIS detainees, housing tens of thousands of them, while the Homs Governate's anti-narcotics branch seized millions of Captagon pills.

Women and children stand at al-Hol refugee camp, as some families prepare to leave the camp to go back to their hometowns, in al-Hol, Syria, April 27, 2025.

Turkish nationals charged over plot to smuggle firearms from Iran into Israel

Three Turkish nationals were charged in Nazareth with plotting to smuggle pistols from Iran into Israel through Jordan, including one accused of aiding terror.

 General view of the Lahav 443 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on November 4, 2019.