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A night-time operation in the Jenin refugee camp on Wednesday resulted in the death of Captain Alon Sacgiu, 22, from Hadera, a sniper team commander in the Haruv reconnaissance unit. Seventeen additional soldiers were injured when they encountered explosive devices, Read More …
On Monday, Soldiers from the 94th Brigade, Duvdevan Unit, 41st Brigade, and Shin Bet forces completed an 18-hour counterterrorism operation in the Far’a area in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, the IDF announced on Tuesday. During the operation, soldiers discovered Read More …
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) thwarted a terror attack that Hamas had planned to carry out in Israel under the direction of one of its headquarters in Turkey, the organization said on Monday. In mid-March, Shin Bet and Yamam Read More …
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet (ISA) forces have made a breakthrough in the case of a bomb attack last month involving an improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a Palestinian Authority (PA) flag in the Binyamin region. Read More …
An IDF reservist who was home on temporary leave was lightly wounded after kicking a Palestinian flag in Kochav Hashahar, in the West Bank, and setting off an explosive charge that was implanted under it, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Read More …
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem reminds U.S. citizens of the continued need for caution and increased personal security awareness as security incidents often take place without warning. The security environment remains complex and can change quickly depending on the political Read More …
Various weapons and combat equipment were discovered and confiscated, and two suspects were arrested in Eizariya near Jerusalem during a Wednesday night Israel police operation, the Police Spokesperson Unit reported on Thursday. The operation was conducted by the Central Unit Read More …
Security forces arrested 20 wanted persons throughout the West Bank. The IDF Spokesman added that in the village of Al Funduq, the forces located and confiscated a rifle and destroyed three improvised explosive devices. In the village of Qibya, five Read More …
The Shin Bet and the IDF on Monday announced that they had busted a vast Iranian network for smuggling more serious weapons into the West Bank to help dramatically increase the danger Palestinian terrorists can present to Israel. Among the Read More …
IDF arrested four suspects at the Tzofim checkpoint after finding a bomb in their vehicle, the IDF said on Friday. Soldiers who were operating at the checkpoint stopped the vehicle and, after searching it, found the explosive device on the Read More …
Palestinian gunmen set off an improvised explosive device near Israel Defense Forces troops in the West Bank town of Silat ad-Dhahr on Friday afternoon, wounding seven soldiers, the military and medics said. The IDF said soldiers were carrying out “proactive Read More …
Security forces have foiled a terrorist squad which produced 100 improvised explosive devices and planned bomb attacks with the assistance of the Islamic State , according to a statement released Monday. The Shin Bet security agency conducted the operation jointly Read More …
The Shin Bet and the Central Unit of the Jerusalem District Police revealed a thwarted terrorist plot on Thursday, planned by two terrorists who coordinated with a Hamas terrorist in Gaza. One terrorist is a 17-year-old resident of Israel living Read More …
Around 40 wanted persons were arrested throughout the West Bank on Tuesday night by the IDF, Israel Security Service (Shin Bet), and Border Police, an IDF spokesperson said the following morning. During a counter-terrorism operation in Jenin, 14 suspects were Read More …
Israel Police arrested a man suspected of trafficking illegal weapons, finding a MATADOR anti-tank missile and its shoulder-mounted launcher, among other arms. The suspect, a 24-year-old resident of East Jerusalem, was caught on Friday night in the Galilee district of Read More …
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson stated 21 wanted persons were arrested overnight, between Tuesday to Wednesday, in a counterterrorism operation in the West bank. The Israel Border Police and IDF were guided by intelligence from the Shin Bet internal Read More …
Israel Police announced the death of Sergeant Shay Germay, a border police (Magav) fighter, who was in an operational vehicle that was hit by an explosive device (IED) during a counterterrorism operation in the West Bank. The Magav vehicle had Read More …
Israeli security forces located and found and confiscated weapons and hundreds of explosive devices in the West Bank Nur Shams refugee camp inside a building that also housed a kindergarten run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Read More …
The Israel Police reported Thursday that the police and Shin Bet foiled a planned terror attack against security forces in east Jerusalem last month, arrested two terror suspects, and uncovered an explosives lab inside an apartment in the Shufat refugee Read More …
The Israeli military (IDF), the Shin Bet domestic security agency and the Israel Police announced on Monday that two Israeli citizens living in the northern West Bank had been arrested last month on suspicion of smuggling explosives and other weapons Read More …