Posts Tagged: Israel-Egypt Border
Securing the Philadelphi Corridor: A Strategic Imperative for Israel
JNS.org - Despite Egypt’s denial of the existence of smuggling tunnels beneath it, security officials believe that the Philadelphi Corridor serves as the primary route...
Israeli Security Officials Travel to Cairo, Following Up on Recent Border Attack
i24 News - A delegation of senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) generals traveled Sunday to Cairo, following a terrorist attack on the Israel-Egypt border that...
Israeli Troops Seize $1.2 Million Drug Shipment on Egyptian Border
JNS.org - Israeli security forces on Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics into Israel from Egypt, seizing 200 kilograms of drugs worth an estimated...
Israel Defense Ministry Completes Demining Operation Near Egypt Border
JNS.org - Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister Alon Schuster congratulated the Ministry of Defense’s Israel National Mine Action Authority on Wednesday for completing an operation to...
US Official Eyes Israel’s Egypt Border for Mexico Wall Ideas
US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen inspected Israel's fenced-off border with Egypt on Tuesday for ideas for the US border with Mexico, where President Donald Trump...
Israel’s Southern Wall Proves 100 Percent Effective in Preventing Infiltrations
JNS.org - Not a single infiltration from the Sinai Peninsula into Israel was recorded over the past 12 months, Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority reported on...
Israel Closes Egypt Border Crossing Following Warning of ‘Imminent’ Attack
Israel closed its Taba border crossing to Egypt Monday following a warning by its anti-terrorism office of an “imminent” militant attack there. The closure comes...
IDF Bolstering Anti-Drug Smuggling Efforts on Sinai Border, Partly Due to Concern Over Potential ISIS Attacks
The IDF is bolstering its anti-drug smuggling efforts on the border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the Hebrew news site Walla reported on Thursday. Part of the...
Trauma Among Children in Southern Israel Rising Due to Sounds of Battles Between Egyptian Military and ISIS in Sinai
The children of southern Israel -- who have long had to deal with the fear of rocket and mortar attacks from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip...
Israeli Interior Ministry Report: Past Year Saw Lowest Number of Illegal Migrants
JNS.org - Only 18 African infiltrators have entered Israel illegally since January 2016, the lowest number in recent years, the quarterly report of the Israeli Interior...
Israel Enters Diplomat Fray With Mexico Following Netanyahu Tweet on Border Walls
JNS.org -- Israel became involved in the ongoing tension between the US and Mexico over the US administration's proposed border wall, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted about his...
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Failed Rocket Attack Against Israel
ISIS claimed responsibility overnight Wednesday for a rocket fired at the Nitzana border crossing separating Israel and Egypt on Tuesday, despite the fact that the...
Israel’s Shin Bet, Tax Authority Foil Arms Smuggling Into Gaza
JNS.org - Customs agents working with the Shin Bet security agency have thwarted four attempts in recent months to smuggle weapons components into Gaza...
IDF Outlines Defense of Southern Airport, Braces for Islamic State-Linked Attack
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces—which is said to be preparing for the possibility of an Islamic State-linked terror attack along the Israel-Egypt border—is...
