Tag: Israel Police
Israel Police seize 100 grenades, firearms at Lebanon border
Israeli security forces thwarted an attempt on Monday night to smuggle 100 grenades into the country from Lebanon, the Israel Police announced on Tuesday. The grenades, which were of the fragmentation type, were likely...
Israeli police block Jewish protest flag march in Jerusalem
Israeli Police blocked a right-wing flag march through Jerusalem on Wednesday that participants said was a response to what they see as a weak government reaction to Arab violence in the Old City.
The police...
Israel’s top cop condemns call by Joint List chief for Arab Israelis to quit...
Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai on Tuesday condemned Joint List chief Ayman Odeh’s call the previous day for Arab Israelis to quit the country’s security forces.
Speaking during a ceremony for outstanding units in the Israel Police...
Jerusalem police on high alert ahead of Passover seder, second Friday of Ramadan
The Israel Police have directed hotels across the country to ramp up security ahead of the Passover seder, which this year falls on the second Friday of Ramadan. Amid the tense security situation in...
Shin Bet agents kill Tel Aviv terrorist in gun battle, ending city-wide manhunt
Israeli security forces on Friday morning killed the terrorist responsible for the deadly shooting attack in central Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, ending a city-wide manhunt.
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) agents located the terrorist,...
Hamas: Israel to ‘bear consequences’ of Lapid’s Damascus Gate visit
Gaza’s ruling Hamas terror organization warned on Sunday that Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s “storming” of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City earlier in the day was a “dangerous escalation.”
Lapid had visited security forces...
Israeli Police insists on need for 5 billion shekels, 5,000 more officers
The Israel Police say they need 4,000 to 5,000 additional permanent officers, and 5 billion extra shekels to address gaps in personnel and human resources and meet its resources, Ynet reported on Wednesday in the wake...
Can the Border Police become Israel’s National Guard?
The recent string of deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians has once again brought into focus the Israel Police’s large number of missions and how these can stretch it to the limit.
It was police...
IDF sends four extra battalions amid security tensions in West Bank
The Israel Defense Force’s Judea and Samaria Division will receive four additional infantry battalions on Tuesday in the wake of two deadly ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Israel, Ynet reported on Monday.
The four battalions—from the Givati, Kfir,...
Israel Police chief: ‘Fake news’ about Pegasus scandal caused untold damage
The scandal sparked by reports that the Israel Police illegally used spyware against civilians has caused the force’s image considerable damage that will take time to repair, Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai said on Tuesday.
The...