{"id":452794,"date":"2026-05-21T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/452794\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:52:09","slug":"police-deploy-new-drones-to-help-fight-crime-in-southern-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/452794\/","title":{"rendered":"Police deploy new drones to help fight crime in southern Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Israel Police is set to deploy drones to aid in the fight against crime in southern Israel following a successful trial run near Rahat, Southern District Police Commander Chief Superintendent Haim Bublil confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, funded by the National Security Ministry and approved by National Security Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-896845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Itamar Ben-Gvir<\/a> and Police Commissioner Danny Levi, is expected to aid police in preventing major crime, shootings, and criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">According to police sources, the drone is capable of vertical takeoff and landing, can fly for tens of kilometers over several hours, and is equipped with advanced day and night surveillance capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">It is designed to provide the police with precise, and continuous situational data in real time, all while operating quietly, allowing for covert deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The drone joins Israel Police\u2019s operational toolkit, representing a further integration of field operations, intelligence, and advanced technology in the fight against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/crime-in-israel\/article-896953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">major crime.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Southern District Police Commander Haim Bublil visit the Bedouin town of Rahat, southern Israel, during a police operation, May 7, 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"632\" height=\"492\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/722132.jpeg\"\/>Southern District Police Commander Haim Bublil visit the Bedouin town of Rahat, southern Israel, during a police operation, May 7, 2025. (credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG\/FLASH90)Drone deployment comes against police struggle<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a game-changing tool, which provides forces in the field with broad and continuous coverage, real-time intelligence collection, and rapid closure against criminal operations,\u201d police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The sources added that the the initiative comes against the backdrop of severe challenges in confronting crime and violence, and aims to equip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/israel-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel Police<\/a> with advanced tech in order for faster, more precise, and more effective responses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">\u201cIn the fight against crime, we are required to deploy all operational and technological capabilities at our disposal,\u201d Bublil said. \u201cI have instructed police forces to operate at full strength and use every means necessary to locate, prevent, and apprehend criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fight against crime requires us to progress, improve, and adopt new technological capabilities. Deploying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/defense-news\/article-894837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">drone<\/a> provides us with broader, deeper, and more effective coverage, both in intelligence and in the operational readiness of field forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">\u201cAnyone choosing to engage in violence, shootings, or serious crime should know: There is nowhere to hide. The long and determined arm of the Southern District Police will reach them, and the response will be rapid, decisive, and uncompromising,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel Police is set to deploy drones to aid in the fight against crime in southern Israel following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[737,108565,16606,85,46,1158,837,43],"class_list":["post-452794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-crime","tag-daniel-levi","tag-drone","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-police","tag-itamar-ben-gvir","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452794","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=452794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}