Israel borders

Nearly 6,000 Palestinians illegally crossed into Israel in 2025, Knesset Nat'l Security Cm'tee told

Additionally, enforcement of illegal employment was increased, with 1,183 indictments reported this year, up from 985 in 2024.

|ByTPS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians walk near an Israeli checkpoint, as they make their way to Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, to attend the Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, near Qalandia, in the West Bank, March 21, 2025.
An Israeli military vehicle waits at a barrier, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

Allenby Crossing attack highlights rising terror threat from Jordan - analysis

Israeli officials have increasing concerns over threats that have come from the Kingdom of Jordan over the last several years. The last attack only confirms the concerns.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
IDF soldiers operate on Mount Hermon, on the border between Israel and Syria, December 12, 2024

'Pioneers of the Bashan': Israeli activists illegally lay cornerstone for new settlement in Syria

A group of Israeli activists crossed the Israel-Syria border in order to lay the cornerstone for a new, illegal settlement named "Neveh Habashan."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELI ASHKENAZI
Drone operators from Ukraine's 109th Brigade prepare a test flight of a night-bombing drone on August 10, 2025 in Donetsk Region, Ukraine.

Border wars from above: 70% of cross-border incidents involve drones - opinion

As nations race to secure their expanded border zones, the question is no longer whether these boundaries will be tested, but how quickly we can detect, classify, and neutralize threats.

|ByAVIV BAR ZOHAR

Hesed offers a counterintuitive initiative on securing Israel’s borders

7,000 Syrians were treated in military clinics and another 5,000 in civilian hospitals under Operation Good Neighbor - and it helped secure Israel's borders

FEBRUARY 18, 2020ByBRIAN SCHRAUGER
FAI founder and director, Dalton Thomas, and Lt.-Col. (res.) Marco Moreno

IDF: Misunderstanding caused troops to fire at Hamas member

Mahmoud Ahmad Sabri al-Adham was killed by IDF fire as he tried to prevent two youths from approaching fence.

JULY 11, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF troops face Palestinian protesters over the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip on March 30, a year after they began the ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations

Israel, Lebanon to begin talks on maritime border in July - report

US envoy David Satterfield is expected to mediate.

JUNE 16, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Satterfield

Inspectors prevent trucks from illegally dumping trash in West Bank

44 trucks have been impounded since the beginning of the year for trying to dump garbage there without permits.

FEBRUARY 28, 2019ByZACK EVANS
A dump truck impounded by COGAT inspectors.

Reporter’s Notebook: A long night on the Gaza border

With rumors of a ceasefire, throughout the night of May 29 the IDF stuck targets in Gaza as sirens warned residents of rocket fire.

MAY 30, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli solders stand as a transporter carrying a tank drives by, on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, near kibbutz Mefalsim, May 30, 2018

Home Front Command: Over 150,000 homes are unprotected in the north

Gafni called on the government to immediately begin installing a better warning system in the north.

MAY 22, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
An Iron Dome battery deployed in the north of Israel following concerns of airstrikes from Syria, May 9, 2018

Gaza border residents speak to the ‘Post’ about the tension in air

“Thank God it’s quiet right now – but this kind of silence make us very nervous,” he said as he pointed toward the lone kite in the air.

MAY 16, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Palestinians set a kite on fire to be thrown at the Israeli side during clashes at a protest at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip, April 20, 2018

‘Unprecedented’ violence in Gaza leaves 58 Palestinians dead, thousands wounded

Monday's death toll was the highest in a single day since Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

MAY 14, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border east of Gaza City May 14, 2018

Special report: Israel’s border communities vulnerable to infiltration

“For many years, communities under fire have not fully received the full security support they are entitled to based on their classification.”

MAY 8, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli forces are seen near a border fence between the Israeli side of the Golan Heights and Syria, November 4, 2017.

Defiance

In this dismal situation, the Jewish people and the State of Israel diplomatically owe the world nothing.

APRIL 12, 2018ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
Israeli soldiers are seen next to the border fence on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, as black smoke rises while Palestinians protest on the Gaza side of the border April 6, 2018.