In first, Israel's Shin Bet links weapon smuggling by drone to terrorist attacks
The assessment was included in support of an indictment against four residents of Bedouin villages in the south who are accused of smuggling weapons by drone and espionage offenses. The head of the Shin Bet recently called the weapon smuggling by drone an 'ongoing catastrophe' and warned that it poses a 'strategic threat to the State of Israel'
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The assessment was included in support of an indictment against four residents of Bedouin villages in the south who are accused of smuggling weapons by drone and espionage offenses. The head of the Shin Bet recently called the weapon smuggling by drone an 'ongoing catastrophe' and warned that it poses a 'strategic threat to the State of Israel'
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09:52 PM • January 01 2026 IST
Israeli security officials have for the first time linked weapons smuggled by drone over the border from Egypt and Jordan to specific attacks inside Israel, according to a Shin Bet security service assessment released on Thursday. The finding comes after thousands of weapons have been smuggled into Israel in recent years using drones.
