Illegal weapons

Syria intercepts massive Hezbollah arms shipment hidden inside oil tanker from Iraq

"A search uncovered a cache of weapons that included long-range missiles, guided anti-tank missiles and drones," SANA reported.

Syrian security forces seize a Hezbollah weapons shipment near the Syrian-Iraqi border, July 16, 2026.
View of the Israel–Jordan border along the Yarmouk River in the Golan Heights, March 16, 2026.

Israel's border with Jordan vulnerable to terror infiltration, weapons smuggling, locals fear

Israeli security forces conduct raids in the overt phase of Operation "Nomad," July 13, 2026.

Codename 'Nomad': First Bedouin undercover agent cracks major Israeli organized crime network

Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026.

WATCH: Dozens arrested in ongoing countrywide weapons, drug trafficking raid led by Lahav 433


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.

 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.

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.

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.

 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.

  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.

 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

 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.

 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.

 View of the northern border between Israel and Lebanon, on October 15, 2021.

70% of shooting attacks in Israel used stolen IDF weapons

Some 464 of 675 shooting incidents reported throughout 2021 in the country used stolen military-grade weaponry.

An IDF weapons cache