{"id":540361,"date":"2026-07-14T04:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/540361\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T04:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:28:08","slug":"police-uncover-smuggling-network-used-for-explosives-in-west-bank-14-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/540361\/","title":{"rendered":"Police uncover smuggling network used for explosives in West Bank, 14 arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fourteen suspects have been arrested after police uncovered a smuggling network suspected of being used to manufacture explosive devices for terrorist organizations in the West Bank<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

A joint operation between Border Police<\/a>, IDF intelligence units, and the Shin Bet<\/a> (Israel Security Agency) exposed a network suspected of smuggling dual-use materials for terrorist organizations, according to a statement from the Israel Police spokesperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The covert operation, which was led by the Border Police Investigations Division and the Tax Authority, took place over several months.<\/p>\n

It was launched in response to a rising threat of explosive<\/a> devices in the West Bank, which had caused injuries and fatalities in the IDF and Border Police forces, the statement explained.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The suspects didn’t fully report the resulting income to tax authorities, and the materials allegedly reached terrorist organizations who used them to manufacture explosive devices.<\/p>\n

Eight suspects involved in the affair were initially arrested. During the overt phase of the operation, six additional suspects were arrested.<\/p>\n

During the operation, approximately 175 kg of materials suspected of being used to manufacture explosive devices were seized.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing, and further arrests are expected depending on developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fourteen suspects have been arrested after police uncovered a smuggling network suspected of being used to manufacture explosive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44917,737,85,46,1158,43,6608,102,73,98,77],"class_list":["post-540361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-border-police","tag-crime","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-police","tag-news","tag-palestinian","tag-police","tag-shin-bet","tag-terrorism","tag-west-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540361","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=540361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}