{"id":563019,"date":"2026-07-28T05:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563019\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T05:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:56:08","slug":"thousands-of-ancient-artifacts-recovered-in-judea-and-samaria-looting-case-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/563019\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of ancient artifacts recovered in Judea and Samaria looting case &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            (July 28, 2026 \/ Pesach Benson\/TPS-IL)\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of archaeological items, including coins and artifacts from the Persian (539\u2013332 BCE), Hellenistic (332\u2013140 BCE) and Hasmonean (140\u201337 BCE) periods in the Land of Israel, were recovered from a suspect accused of looting antiquities in Judea and Samaria, Israeli authorities said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Civil Administration\u2019s Archaeology Unit, the Israeli Police and Israel Defense Forces, the items were seized after security forces detained the suspect, who was found carrying metal detectors, excavation tools and archaeological finds. He was handed over to the Archaeology Unit\u2019s Intelligence and Investigations Department for questioning. The Civil Administration is the military body responsible for overseeing many governmental functions in Judea and Samaria.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators determined the suspect had carried out illegal excavations in Area C of Judea and Samaria, where Israel has administrative and security jurisdiction. A raid on the suspect\u2019s home uncovered additional artifacts, including ancient coins.<\/p>\n<p>Under Israeli law, trading in antiquities without a permit, as well as transporting antiquities from Judea and Samaria into Green Line Israel without authorization, are criminal offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Searching for antiquities without a license using a metal detector is punishable in Israel by up to three years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(July 28, 2026 \/ Pesach Benson\/TPS-IL) Thousands of archaeological items, including coins and artifacts from the Persian (539\u2013332&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-563019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563019","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=563019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}