Posted on 06/09/25
| News Source: JPost
Border Police officers arrested dozens of illegal residents around the outskirts of Jerusalem over the weekend, Israel Police announced on Monday.
In addition to the illegal resident arrests, several drivers were also arrested on suspicion of assisting the residents.
IDF surveillance operators identified several suspects through a water culvert beneath the separation fence and into a mini-bus along Route 443, a highway that goes from Jerusalem towards Modi'in.
Border Police officers were notified and dispatched to stop the vehicle. The officers arrested 16 illegal residents as well as the driver. The group was detained and transferred for further questioning by the Border Police Jerusalem Perimeter Investigation Unit.
A Border Police officer conducting operations, May 2025. (credit: ISRAEL POLICE)In another part of the operation, Border Police officers stopped another minibus near a factory in the Atarot industrial zone, close to a separation fence. 17 illegal residents were in the mini-bus and were arrested along with the driver.
On Monday morning, Border Police officers in the Jerusalem area were deployed along the fence and security wall areas to continue their operation. Officers arrested multiple people suspected of attempting to enter Jerusalem illegally through various means.
"Anyone assisting illegal residents - whether by transporting them, sheltering them, employing them, or in any other manner - bears serious criminal responsibility and is a link in the chain that threatens internal security," Israel Police stressed in a statement.
The Border Police also emphasized that they will continue their operation with determination, combining forces and the use of advanced technologies and tools to thwart any further attempts at illegal border crossings, as well as bringing all those to justice.