Israeli checkpoints

Police fire at stolen car after checkpoint breach in West Bank

Police opened fire at the wheels of a stolen vehicle after the driver crashed through a checkpoint, struck a patrol car, and sped toward IDF forces in the West Bank.

 Border police troops conduct large-scale operation to thwart illegal immigration to Israel. September 29, 2024.
MARJORIE TAYLOR Greene meets with Bethlehem Mayor Maher Canawati, February 15, 2026.

Marjorie Taylor Greene meets with Bethlehem mayor, decries alleged 'Christian prosecution'

 Border police troops conduct large-scale operation to thwart illegal immigration to Israel. September 29, 2024.

Indictment filed against security guards who allowed illegal immigrants into Israel

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Two east Jerusalem residents arrested on suspicion of attempted kidnapping


Police shoot Hamas-linked Palestinian dead after attempted car-ramming

Police found that the suspect, a 41-year-old resident of al-Eizariya, had a criminal background, was known to security officials, and was Hamas-affiliated.

 Israel Police at a checkpoint, March 25, 2025.

Four wounded in ramming, attempted stabbing attack in central Israel

The terrorist who attacked and injured four policemen was killed by security forces, while a manhunt is underway for the second suspect who escaped by vehicle.

 Soldiers at the scene of an attempted ramming and stabbing attack near Ariel, April 27, 2023.

IDF finds bomb in vehicle at Tzofim checkpoint, arrests four suspects

Soldiers who were operating at the checkpoint stopped the vehicle and, after searching it, found the explosive device on the side of the car door.

Police arrive at the scene where a security guard was slightly injured in a shooting incident with an attacker who walked on foot to the Kalandiya checkpoint from the West Bank, June 24, 2023.

Checkpoints in Israel face criticism, but checkpoints abroad don't receive such - opinion

Just like the security checkpoints that you find at every American airport, the purpose of the Israeli checkpoints is to deter and catch terrorists. 

 Police and security personnel at the scene of a stabbing attack at a checkpoint, near Jerusalem, December 28, 2023

Suspect rams through two IDF checkpoints in West Bank, arrested

The Israeli military said its troops shot at the vehicle and chased the suspect down. He was arrested and will be interrogated by defense establishment officials.

Police arrive at the scene where a security guard was slightly injured in a shooting incident with an attacker who walked on foot to the Kalandiya checkpoint from the West Bank, June 24, 2023.

Hundreds of Israeli settlers break through checkpoint into Homesh - report

Israeli security forces are reportedly preparing to evacuate the crowds of people. 

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to Homesh in the West Bank on May 28, 2022.

Border Police officer who was killed in Shuafat terror attack laid to rest

Suaed's colleagues from the Border Police were at the funeral, as well as Kobi Shabtai and Border Police commander Amir Cohen. 

 Family and friends attend the funeral of Border Police officer Asil Suaed who was killed in a stabbing attack last night at the Shuafat checkpoint, in Huseiniya , northern Israel, on February 14, 2023.

Investigation into killing of Sgt. Noa Lazar finds faults at checkpoint

The Border Police commander ordered to immediately implement all the lessons learned in all the crossings under the responsibility in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

 Israeli security forces are seen following a shooting incident at a check point next to Shuafat in east Jerusalem, October 10, 2022.

IDF removes almost-month-long closure on Nablus

The closure was placed on Nablus after a number of terror attacks was claimed by the Lions' Den militant group.

 Palestinians clash with Palestinian security forces in Nablus, in the West Bank on September 20, 2022

Israel delays 24-hour opening of Allenby crossing for Palestinians once more

This marks the second delay in the project since Prime Minister Yair Lapid promised US President Joe Biden in July that he would expand the hours of operation.

 Israeli soldiers stand near the entrance to Allenby Bridge, a crossing point between Jordan and the West Bank, March 10, 2014.