Smuggling

Rafah border crossing to reopen next week with Israeli oversight, advanced screening

Israel plans to oversee the Rafah border reopening next week, using remote monitoring and advanced screening to prevent weapons smuggling while ensuring security for travelers.

 Military personnel stand guard on the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023
 View of a new security drone in Efrat, in the West Bank

Weapons smuggling via drones poses a threatening new reality for Israel - analysis

Migrants try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on September 27, 2025; illustrative.

Migrants share tutorials for human smuggling on social media - report

Israeli Police found mid-20s man attempting to smuggle weapons in Negev region. January, 18.

Negev police chase ends in death of suspected weapons smuggler, Israeli Police say


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.

Israel Katz tells JD Vance that over 60% of Hamas tunnels left undestroyed

Defense Minister Israel Katz added that demolishing the tunnels is the most important joint mission in demobilizing Gaza in accordance with Trump's ceasefire plan.

An Israeli soldier secures a tunnel underneath Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in Northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023.

US military strikes suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific ocean

US strikes in the Pacific killed five alleged smugglers, expanding Trump’s counter-narcotics campaign and sparking outrage from Colombia over legality.

Drugs interdicted in the Caribbean Sea by US, Dutch, and Canadian vessels are seen on the US Coast Guard Cutter Valiant in Miami Beach, Florida, US March 6, 2025.