Smuggling

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

The drone smuggling threat is growing, as the last attempts occured on the Egyptian and now apparently also the Jordanian border.

 View of a new security drone in Efrat, in the West Bank
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

M-16 rifles intercepted and seized by the IDF after they were attempted to be smuggled into Israel, January 16, 2025

IDF intercepts drones smuggling weapons through western border


Iran using European ports to smuggle arms to Hezbollah - report

This arms laundering was done due to Israeli military pressure on Iranian assets in Syria and Lebanon.

 An Iranian military ship takes part in an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, in this picture obtained on December 31, 2022.

Israeli father and son arrested in Mexico for smuggling 20kg of Cocaine

In the check conducted by the local police in their luggage, the cocaine was found wrapped in different packaging in an attempt to prevent the drugs from being discovered. 

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Moroccan hash dealers boycott Israeli drug smugglers in support of Gaza - report

Moroccan hash is sought after worldwide as a high-quality premium product, with estimates putting the trade's yearly value in the billions.

 A farmer beats marijuana plants to get hashish resins in the Rif region, near Chefchaouen, August 11, 2008.

Beersheba couple attempts smuggling 173 iPhones into Israel, arrested

Two residents of Beer Sheva were arrested in Israel on suspicion of trying to smuggle 173 iPhones, worth NIS 700,000, in an attempt to evade taxes

 Israeli couple tries to smuggle iPhones into country to avoid taxation

Mollusk malice: Suitcases full of dangerous snails caught entering Israel

An unprecedented, rare find: Within 48 hours, thousands of snails at the weight of five kg. were confiscated from foreign workers returning to Israel from Thailand.

Suitcases at the airport, illustration.

Egypt-Israel ties at risk over Philadelphi Corridor, Cairo says

The head of the State Information Services (SIS) Diaa Rashwan said Israeli accusations that it had failed to secure that border were false.

 Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, gather as they seek shelter at the border with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 7, 2024.

Smuggler kidnaps, imprisons Sri Lankan woman in apartment outside Jerusalem

The mother had called the police the day prior and explained that her daughter had been kidnapped by a man whom she knew.

 Israeli police guard while Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem  Neighborhood of Ras Al Amud, January 19, 2024.

Israeli soldier wounded in IDF shootout with smugglers on Egypt border

Several people were wounded in the firefight, with a female soldier being taken to hospital, although her condition is now considered to be in good condition.

The Nitzana border crossing between Israel and Egypt 370

Suspected Jordanian airstrikes target Iran-linked drug smugglers in Syria - report

Earlier this month, Jordanian airstrikes reportedly targeted arms and narcotic smugglers in southern Syria.

Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft fighter pilots fly alongside a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while waiting to connect for fuel over Jordan. October 19, 2009.

Israel's failure: How the Gaza-Egypt border became Hamas's smuggling hub

The IDF Southern Command say they are working on a plan to address the Philadelphi Corridor to prevent the rearmament of Hamas terrorists.

 Palestinian terrorists from the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stand inside an underground tunnel in Gaza August 18, 2014.