Tag: Border Police
Thousands attend funeral of slain Israel Border Police officer
Thousands attended the funeral on Monday of Israel Border Police Sgt. Bar-El Hadaria Shmueli at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery in Tel Aviv on Monday evening.
Shmueli, 21, a sniper in the undercover unit of...
IDF soldier critically wounded in Gaza border riot; Israel hits Hamas terror targets
Israeli Border Police officer Sgt. Bar-El Hadaria Shmueli remained in critical condition on Sunday after suffering a gunshot wound to the head during Palestinian rioting in the northern Gaza Strip a day earlier, according...
Record number of women to become officers with Israel’s Border Police
A record seven women completed the Border Police’s officer-training course on Sunday, two of them cited for outstanding performance.
The seven women were among a graduating class of 23 candidates, who will now join the...
Israeli Border Police chief: ‘Clashes in mixed cities bordered on anarchy’
The recent clashes between Jewish and Arab Israelis in the country’s mixed towns were worse than the public believed and bordered on anarchy, Border Police Commissioner Maj. Gen. Amir Cohen said on Wednesday.
The violent...
Gantz orders emergency call-up of Border Police to quell Arab-Israeli riots
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the emergency call-up of 10 reserve Border Police companies to bolster beleaguered Israel Police forces dealing with widespread violence in Israeli cities.
Gantz said he opposed dispatching Israel Defense...
Jerusalem Day marred by ongoing Arab riots; Jews barred from Temple Mount
Unrest in the Israeli capital continued on Monday morning—Jerusalem Day—with Arab riots on the Temple Mount and in the Old City.
Thirteen Israeli police officers were injured in the clashes, including one who was hospitalized, Army...
Netanyahu taps deputy Mossad director as spy agency’s next chief
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday announced his selection of the next head of the country’s Mossad intelligence agency, a deputy chief of the agency referred to only as “D.”
The nomination is pending...