Weapons

Rafah border crossing to reopen next week with Israeli oversight, advanced screening

Israel plans to oversee the Rafah border reopening next week, using remote monitoring and advanced screening to prevent weapons smuggling while ensuring security for travelers.

 Military personnel stand guard on the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023
Children in an American classroom reciting the Pledge of Allegiance”

We need to get Qatar out of American classrooms

 View of a new security drone in Efrat, in the West Bank

Weapons smuggling via drones poses a threatening new reality for Israel - analysis

Israeli Police found mid-20s man attempting to smuggle weapons in Negev region. January, 18.

Negev police chase ends in death of suspected weapons smuggler, Israeli Police say


IDF, police conduct operation against criminal, terror operatives in Kafr Aqab, northern Jerusalem

IDF and police officers carried out a large operation in Kafr Aqab, seizing weapons and stolen vehicles, arresting suspects, and dispersing violent riots linked to terror and crime groups.

IDF officers planning an operation in Kafr Aqab, December 2025.

Israel to spend $110 billion on independent arms industry, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says

"Our goal is to build an independent arms industry for the State of Israel and reduce the dependency on any party, including allies," Netanyahu said during a graduation ceremony for Air Force pilots.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony for the 70th cohort of military combat officers, at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, October 31, 2024

Jordanian army strikes near Sweida after intercepting arms, drugs smugglers near border

The Jordanian Armed Forces carried out airstrikes near Sweida, Syria, targeting smuggler factories used for operations into Jordan, after coordination with "regional partners."

Jordanian troops ride their military vehicles during a parade at a ceremony to celebrate the country's 74th Independence Day within a limited number of activities amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan May 25, 2020; illustrative.

US awards Colt $12.9m. contract to supply M4A1 carbines to Israel

The M4A1 carbines will be delivered to the IDF by June 2026.

M4 Carbine superimposed on an Israeli flag

Israel sending weapons, aid to Syria's Druze as it monitors Sharaa, Washington Post reports

The airdrops on Dec. 17, 2024, came nine days after Assad’s removal and included 500 rifles sent to the Druze-led Military Council.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative).

Police arrest three October 7 terrorist infiltrators, seize weapons in Rahat

Security sources have denied that the terrorists entered Israel illegally during the October 7 massacre. According to KAN, the three had had permits and had been in Israel prior to the massacre.

A Hamas terrorist sits inside a vehicle in Gaza City, November 20, 2025; illustrative.

For first time, Bedouin-Israeli administratively detained for drone weapons smuggling

Defense Minister Israel Katz approved the administrative detention despite having ended the practice for Jewish-Israelis, even for violent offenses.

Drone being remotely controlled

IDF targets Hezbollah weapons depot, training camp in southern Lebanon

In the earlier attacks, including some which the IDF said were deep inside Lebanon, it struck Hezbollah rocket launch sites, weapons storage facilities, and a military training camp.

Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025.

Trump brands fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ in drug war escalation

The designation, unprecedented for a narcotic, signals Trump’s intent to treat fentanyl not merely as a public health crisis but as a national security threat on a par with chemical warfare.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Ukraine special forces target Russian vessels in Caspian Sea

Ukraine's special forces, in coordination with local resistance, strike two Russian ships transporting military equipment in the Caspian Sea. The extent of the damage remains unclear.

A Ukrainian sea drone shows the Dashan, a tanker part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet", being struck by another sea drone in the Black Sea, December 10, 2025