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WATCH: Dozens arrested in ongoing countrywide weapons, drug trafficking raid led by Lahav 433

The operation involves hundreds of Israel Police and Border Police officers, and is expected to arrest dozens of suspects.

Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026.
Law enforcement arrests a member of the Hariri crime organization on suspicion of extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.

Seven members of Hariri organization indicted for extortion, threats, planting of explosive devices

Israel Police arrest senior organized crime leader, April 2026.

Police arrest Hariri crime family members in raid for extortion, using explosives

Border Police officers in Jerusalem, March 30, 2025 (illustration).

Police to indict five members of Hariri crime group in ‘Prince’ extortion case


Lebanon president says Saudi holding Hariri, calls it 'aggression'

Riyadh denies holding Lebanese prime minister against his will or putting pressure on him to resign.

Christian politician and FPM founder Michel Aoun talks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon October 20, 2016

The Saudi-Iranian power struggle reaches Lebanon

Rumors have been abundant around the resigation of Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad Hariri's in Saudi Arabia.

Youmn Ahmad, a Lebanese artist, paints a portrait of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, during the annual Beirut Marathon, in Beirut Lebanon November 12, 2017

Lebanese patriarch makes historic visit to Saudi Arabia

Patriarch Beshara al-Rai heads the Maronite church, which has a presence in Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus and follows an Eastern rite of the Roman Catholic church.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai

Hariri's resignation: A cause for confusion, anger for the people of Lebanon

The Lebanese premier's sudden resignation has mired the country in a cross-regional crisis that seems to be deepening by the day.

Youmn Ahmad, a Lebanese artist, paints a portrait of Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, during the annual Beirut Marathon, in Beirut Lebanon November 12, 2017

Saudi crown prince blazes reckless regional trail

Muhammad bin Salman is taking an activist approach that is in sharp contrast to the behind the scenes, nonconfrontational style that had hitherto prevailed in Riyadh.

Le prince héritier Mohammed bin Salman

Lebanese PM indicates possibility of revoking his resignation

Saad al-Hariri's resignation thrust Lebanon back to the forefront of a struggle that is reshaping the Middle East.

Saad Hariri, ancien Premier ministre de la République libanaise

Le virage de l’Arabie saoudite

Les purges et réformes du royaume wahhabite visent à le démarquer un peu plus de l’Iran

Le prince héritier Mohammed bin Salman

La démission surprise du Premier ministre libanais

La décision de Saad Hariri aurait été dictée par les Saoudiens dans le but de contenir l’influence chiite sur le pays du Cèdre

Saad Hariri, ancien Premier ministre de la République libanaise

How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon's Hariri

"When Hariri's plane landed in Riyadh, he got the message immediately that something was wrong."

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud shakes hands with former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri during their meeting in Riyadh

Lebanese president: Saudi must explain why Hariri has not returned home

Prime Minister Saad Hariri's resignation, which caught even his close aides by surprise, has plunged Lebanon into crisis.

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun attends the 28th Ordinary Summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea, Jordan March 29, 2017.