{"id":245035,"date":"2026-01-18T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/245035\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:45:08","slug":"two-palestinians-arrested-trying-to-smuggle-12m-shekels-to-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/245035\/","title":{"rendered":"two Palestinians arrested trying to smuggle 12M shekels to terror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security forces, working with inspectors at the Allenby Crossing, foiled an attempt by two <a id=\"SkoBVc9K9Hbe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/topics\/Palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Palestinians<\/a> holding Jordanian citizenship to transfer 12 million shekels in cash to terror organizations in the <a id=\"r1hBNq9FcBbg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/topics\/West_Bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">West Bank<\/a>. The two were arrested and the money was seized by investigators from the <a id=\"H1TB4q5KqSWe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/topics\/Border_Police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Border Police<\/a> intelligence and investigations division operating under the regional command.According to intelligence received from the <a id=\"S10HVq9t9H11e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/topics\/IDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IDF<\/a> Central Command intelligence unit, forces at the Allenby Crossing prepared in advance for the suspects\u2019 arrival. A military unit from the Jordan Valley Brigade and customs officials took part in the arrest. A search of the suspects\u2019 suitcases uncovered 12 million shekels in cash, including Israeli and foreign banknotes. A court extended the suspects\u2019 detention pending the filing of indictments.<a class=\"gelleryOpener\" aria-label=\"open article gallery\" data-image-id=\"ArticleImageData.rkgNHK009HWg\" id=\"image_ArticleImageData.rkgNHK009HWg\"><\/p>\n<p>1 View gallery <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.rkgNHK009HWg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/S11aoG5BZg_0_0_1233_1280_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05de\u05d6\u05d5\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05db\u05e1\u05e3 \u05e9\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05e0\u05d9\u05e1\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d7 \u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05de\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d0\u05dc\u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\" title=\"One of the suitcases containing the cash  (Photo: Police Spokesperson) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ReduxEditableImage_ArticleImageData.rkgNHK009HWg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/S11aoG5BZg_0_0_1233_1280_0_x-large.jpg\" alt=\"\u05de\u05d6\u05d5\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05db\u05e1\u05e3 \u05e9\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05e0\u05d9\u05e1\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d7 \u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05de\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d0\u05dc\u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\" title=\"One of the suitcases containing the cash  (Photo: Police Spokesperson) \" aria-hidden=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the suitcases containing the cash <\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Police Spokesperson)<\/p>\n<p>Border Police West Bank District Commander Chief Superintendent Nisso Guetta said, \u201cOur fighters are working shoulder to shoulder with the other security agencies in the sector, with determination and persistence, deep inside hostile areas, to cut off the oxygen of terror: the money. This incident, which led to the exposure of funds intended for terror, is part of a broad effort to disrupt the financing routes of terror organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guetta added, \u201cOnly recently, together with other security forces, we managed to seize large sums totaling millions of shekels across the West Bank. We will continue to act with full force and close cooperation to safeguard the security of Israel\u2019s citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First published: 17:20, 01.18.26 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Security forces, working with inspectors at the Allenby Crossing, foiled an attempt by two Palestinians holding Jordanian citizenship&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-245035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}