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Israel Police arrest four women in tax-refund scam that hit some 500 victims

Three of the suspects worked at a legitimate tax-refund firm, police say, steering clients’ fees into private accounts and cashing out their pensions

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026.
Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with officers of the Central Command during a tour of the West Bank.

IDF deploys new Border Police company as Jewish extremist violence rises in West Bank

A new Border Police company will tackle nationalist violence in the West Bank as Defense Minister Israel Katz demands stronger police enforcement.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli security forces and armed settlers evacuate activists from the area of olive tree plantation in Idna village near Hebron, on October 13, 2026.

IDF, Shin Bet arrest 10 suspects connected to attack on US journalist, EU diplomats in West Bank

Defense Minister Israel Katz tried to transfer the authority over actions taken by extremist settlers in the West Bank from the IDF to the Israel Police.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli military forces fire tear gas and disperse Palestinian farmers, preventing them from continuing the olive harvest as they attempt to cross an iron gate erected by the Israeli army in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the West Bank, October 17, 2026.

IDF dismantles illegal West Bank outposts amid rise in nationalist violence

Security officials sharply criticized what they described as the courts' failure to impose meaningful penalties, arguing that judges were reluctant to issue punishments that could deter offenders.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT

WATCH: Over 30 arrested in crackdown on smuggling of illegal West Bank immigrants

Also on Sunday, 11 illegal immigrants were arrested after attempting to enter Israeli territory by breaching a border checkpoint on the perimeter of Jerusalem.

JULY 28, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The IDF conducts large-scale anti-illegal immigration operations in the West Bank on July 26, 2026.

High Court of Justice clears publication of Border Police officer's name in fatal shooting case

The High Court of Justice permitted the publication of Border Police officer Hananel Sabag's name after rejecting his appeal against being identified in the fatal shooting case.

JULY 26, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustrative: Police officers guard at a police checkpoint on Highway 90 not far from the Israeli border with Lebanon, October 11, 2024.

Suspect shot in leg by Border Police at Shuafat crossing near Jerusalem

During the arrest the suspect was shot in the leg. No officers were injured.

JULY 23, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELI BORDER police operate near Betlehem.

Police arrest two suspected of plotting Jerusalem terror attack, seize illegal weapons in A-Ram

Israel Police arrested an illegal resident who is suspected of committing "indecent acts" against two minors and a young woman, the police also announced on Wednesday.

JULY 23, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illegal resident in Israel arrested for 'indecent actions' against minors and a young woman, July 22, 2026.

WATCH: Donkey rescued from private vehicle at Jerusalem checkpoint

The driver, a 28-year-old resident of Beitar Illit who was coming from Gush Etzion into Jerusalem, claimed that the donkey was unwell and that he was taking it to a farm in east Jerusalem.

JULY 22, 2026ByMAYA ZANGER-SHAMIR
Israeli security forces rescue a donkey from the back of a private vehicle on July 21, 2026.

Police seize 8,600 eggs allegedly smuggled from West Bank

Border Police officers arrested a Jerusalem resident after finding 8,600 eggs allegedly smuggled from the West Bank without proper oversight or sanitary controls.

JULY 22, 2026ByEITAN ELIAS
Military Vehicle patroling. Border Police are stationed and patroling at the Harif Mountain area, at the border between Israel and Egypt.

Haredi protests block Jerusalem roads, gather outside A-G's residence, denounce draft dodger arrest

Police deployed across Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh after haredi protesters blocked roads and refused dispersal orders during demonstrations over military conscription.

JULY 21, 2026ByMAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ultra orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army, in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026.

Police arrest 14 connected to West Bank smuggling network

The investigation found that an Israeli citizen, working with several Palestinians, allegedly smuggled millions of shekels worth of dual-use materials into the West Bank.

JULY 14, 2026ByESTHER DAVIS
Israeli Border Police officers and security forces operate near the Israeli separation barrier adjacent to the Palestinian neighborhood of Kafr Aqab, in the West Bank, June 22, 2026.

WATCH: Dozens arrested in ongoing countrywide weapons, drug trafficking raid led by Lahav 433

The operation involves hundreds of Israel Police and Border Police officers, and is expected to arrest dozens of suspects.

JULY 13, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, EFRAT FORSHER
Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026.

Haredi protesters disrupt light rail construction, block traffic on Jerusalem's Bar Ilan Street

Police officers and Border Police are on the scene, attempting to disperse the protesters, Israel Police confirmed.

JULY 12, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ultra-Orthodox jewish men block a road during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026; Illustrative.