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'A clear act of treason': how Gaza cigarette smuggling fuels Hamas terror

Charge of aiding the enemy during wartime leveled at Shin Bet chief’s brother follows IDF pressure on law enforcement to crack down on Gaza shadow economy, which officials say directly boosts Hamas through control and taxation of goods

Yoav Zitun | 02.04.26

Brother of Shin Bet chief named as suspect in Gaza smuggling case

Bezalel Zini, brother of agency head David Zini, faces expected indictment for allegedly smuggling cigarettes into Gaza for profit; charges include assisting the enemy during wartime

Idan Bloemhof, Shilo Freid | 02.03.26

משאית ממתינה להיכנס לרצועת עזה ליד מעבר כרם שלום (למשאית אין קשר לנאמר בכתבה)

'Aiding the enemy in wartime is treason': IDF officials outraged by Gaza smuggling case

Investigation involves more than 15 Israelis and alleged smuggling to Gaza during wartime; relative of Shin Bet head David Zini is linked to the affair but is not suspected of any offense.

Yoav Zitun | 02.01.26

Shin Bet investigating suspected Israeli-linked smuggling funneling goods from Israel into Gaza

Israel Police and the Shin Bet are investigating a multi-suspect case under a sweeping gag order, amid security officials’ admission that thousands of items were smuggled into Gaza over the past year, possibly with Israeli involvement

Roni Green Shaulov, Ilana Curiel, Yoav Zitun | 01.27.26

Surge in weapons smuggling into Israel prompts Shin Bet step in

Smugglers now operate like military units, using giant drones, off-road vehicles racing through the desert and intercepted IDF radio traffic, as prosecutors warn that weapons and drugs are entering Israel with alarming ease

Oded Shalom | 01.24.26

IDF intercepts drones smuggling weapons across Egypt border

IDF surveillance units detected two drones crossing from the western border in an attempted arms smuggling operation. Forces intercepted the drones and seized six M-16 rifles, the military said

ynet Global | 01.17.26

Every passenger a suspect: the undercover unit guarding Israel’s main gateway

They look like ordinary passengers returning from vacation, but Israel Police Unit 747 detectives quietly scan Ben Gurion Airport for smugglers of guns, drugs and gold; ‘People chase easy money, but when they’re caught, families fall apart'

Meir Turgeman | 01.12.26

'Gift' from abroad: eight handguns seized in suitcase at Ben Gurion Airport

Ben Gurion Airport police detectives arrested the passenger, a resident of Be’er Yaakov, and are now working to determine whether he was merely a courier or also the mastermind behind the smuggling operation

Meir Turgeman | 01.08.26

'See-Shoot' firing system on the way to Israel Police: Will it also be used against infiltrators?

Following increase in smuggling via drones, the police decided to equip themselves with the remote-shooting system used by the IDF, which Hamas attacked at the beginning of the October 7 massacre

Liran Tamari | 12.28.25

העצורים החשודים בהברחת אמל"ח מסוריה לישראל

IDF soldiers, Syrian civilians arrested in cross-border weapons smuggling ring

Nine Israelis, including 5 soldiers, and 3 Syrian nationals face charges in a sweeping investigation into a trafficking network accused of moving RPGs, explosives and rifles from Syria to criminal groups in northern Israel

Meir Turgeman | 11.19.25

Israel’s new smuggling front: Guns and money flowing in from Syria through the Golan

Criminals and terror groups exploit Israel’s northern border, smuggling weapons from Syria through the Golan Heights to feed local crime networks, as officials warn: what began with drugs and pistols could end in a security disaster

Yair Kraus | 11.07.25

'We report gunfire, military says its nothing': drone smuggling torments border communities

Data reveal nearly 900 incidents of drones carrying drugs and weapons from Sinai into Israel in just three months; IDF’s new countermeasures cut incidents, but farmers near the border warn smugglers have just shifted to other locations

Ilana Curiel | 11.04.25

Three Turkish nationals indicted in plot to smuggle Iranian arms into Israel

Indictment says suspects conspired with Iranian supplier to move handguns via Jordan; one defendant deported in July 2025 and another faces terrorism-related charge, prosecutors say

Yair Kraus | 10.26.25

Drones smuggling heavy weapons into Israel from Egypt 'with impunity,' officials sound alarm

'This is becoming an existential threat,' warns MK Zvi Succot as lawmakers review surge in weapons smuggling from Egypt; one resident reports 550 drone runs in three days: 'I sit on my porch and drones pass overhead. One day, they’ll drop a bomb on a kindergarten'

Ilana Curiel | 10.16.25

עשרות רחפנים חצו את הגבול ממצרים לשטח ישראל, מעל יישובי המועצה האזורית רמת נגב

‘These drones could start the next war’: Border towns on edge amid growing weapons influx by Egypt drones

Ramat HaNegev Residents describe an 'aerial convoy' of dozens of drones smuggling across the Egyptian border, saying weapons are now replacing drugs; locals warn the growing phenomenon, unchecked by security forces, could 'explode in Israel’s face'

Ilana Curiel | 09.21.25

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