Illegal weapons

Palestinian man sentenced to 30 months for trying to sell lion cub

The man will also pay an NIS 5,000 fine in addition to his prison term.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
A recently born lion cub plays in the cage at a zoo, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on September 8, 2019.
Soldier from the Jordanian Armed Forces standing next to a helicopter, May 3, 2026.

Jordan strikes Sweida, claims it carried out ‘deterrent operation’ against drugs, arms trafficking

The series of airstrikes targeted at least five locations, including warehouses in the Syrian town of Arman, sources told a reporter for Agence France-Presse.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Israeli Border Police officers patrol outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City during the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, February 18, 2026.

Woman detained after waving knives in Beersheba, court indicts suspects for lynching boy in Huwara

Jerusalem man indicted for sexual offenses against minors • Jerusalem Police seized several kilos of controlled substances • Two suspects arrested for possession of heroin and cocaine

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
WEAPONRY SEIZED by Israel Police during a raid on a suspected terror cell.

Four Umm el-Fahm residents arrested after police uncover plan for terror attack

The four suspected attempted terrorists, all in their 20s, had reportedly been training with illegal airsoft weaponry in preparation for launching an attack.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sixteen arrested in Daburiya as fight against Arab sector crime continues

Police: The government’s campaign has generated a change in Arab-Israelis’ attitudes towards police.

APRIL 16, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
An Israel Police detective arrests a man in Daburiya on April 14, 2022.

IDF, Israel Police foil NIS 3 million weapons smuggling

Four illegal arms dealers from east Jerusalem were caught with 53 illegal weapons in their possession.

JANUARY 25, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the northern border between Israel and Lebanon, on October 15, 2021.

70% of shooting attacks in Israel used stolen IDF weapons

Some 464 of 675 shooting incidents reported throughout 2021 in the country used stolen military-grade weaponry.

DECEMBER 20, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An IDF weapons cache

Border Police find M-16 while arresting Palestinian bird poacher

The illegally held birds are estimated to be worth about NIS 100,000.

AUGUST 9, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Border Police find M-16 while arresting Palestinian bird poacher

Illegal weapons, violence in the Arab sector must be stopped - editorial

We’ve seen a glimpse of what would happen if those who hold the illegal weapons decide to use them. It must be ended immediately.

MAY 27, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A Palestinian gunman holds a weapon during the funeral of Palestinian Yazan Abu Tabekh, who was killed during an Israeli raid, in Jenin in the West Bank February 6, 2020

Iran ‘conceals illegal activities’ for WMD tech - German intel

The report said Iran’s regime can use “Detour deliveries over ‘third states’ in order not to identify the final buyer” and “the use and misuse of inexperienced freight deliverers and transporters."

MAY 8, 2021ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Employees of the Research Institute for Protective Technologies, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection (WIS) inspect a dummy sample which is contaminated with a substance similar to the chemical weapon Sarin.

Nazi items, weapons, and 21.5lbs of meth seized in Pennsylvania raid

An American couple has been charged with multiple counts of drug trafficking and illegal firearm ownership after Pennsylvania authorities raided their home.

MAY 3, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Supporters of the National Socialist Movement, a white nationalist political group, give Nazi salutes while taking part in a swastika burning at an undisclosed location in Georgia, US on April 21, 2018

WMD charges added against men who plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer

In the new indictment, Fox, Croft and Harris were accused of planning to destroy a bridge near Whitmer's vacation home in order to hinder the response by law enforcement.

APRIL 28, 2021ByREUTERS
Protesters rally outside of the state capitol building before the vote on the extension of Governor Gretchen Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020

Netanyahu meets with Arab-Israeli authorities to discuss lowering crime

"I want special forces, task forces," Netanyahu suggested, after indicating that the crime wave would likely spread to Jewish localities soon.

JANUARY 26, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a Clalit healthcare center in the Arab town Tira.

90% of arrested weapons crime suspects from Arab-Israeli sector

96 Arab Israelis were killed and hundreds were wounded in violent crimes in 2020.

JANUARY 12, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
Arab leaders stand in front of a sign that reads "We want to live without violence and crime"