smuggling

Police, the Shin Bet, and the IDF arrested 14 suspects after uncovering an alleged smuggling network that supplied bomb-making materials to terror organizations.

Israeli security forces intercepted a truck carrying thousands of concealed cigarettes disguised within a humanitarian aid shipment, prompting the suspension of the supplier's authorization to deliver aid to Gaza

According to a report, Jamal al-Sheikh, nephew of PA deputy Hussein al-Sheikh, was arrested in connection with an alleged Gaza smuggling operation.

The Knesset has given final approval to a new criminal law targeting smuggling outside official border crossings. The bill states that "smuggling into the country, mainly באמצעות drones, creates a real threat to state security."

Internal assessments warn that sending about 600 trucks a day overshoots basic humanitarian requirements; the surplus fuels smuggling, market control, and Hamas entrenchment.

Military prosecutors filed three additional indictments against four defendants after a joint IDF and Shin Bet probe into smuggling to Gaza, alleging millions of shekels in profits.

Prosecutors say Mondar Badir, 48, tried to smuggle thousands of kilos of cigarettes and tobacco—plus generators, SIM cards, phones, and more—into Gaza, allegedly for major profit.

With help from U.S. soldiers, Dr. Nissan Sharifi brought an ancient Torah scroll from Baghdad to safety in a Netanya synagogue