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| November 6, 2014
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Watch MAGAV Officer Kills Jerusalem Terrorist: ‘Any Officer Would Act in Exact Same Way’

 

The unidentified Border Guard police (MAGAV) officer recounts the moment the terrorist “noticed us,” and “ran towards us,” as he describes reacting to the berserk terrorist.

  By JPOST.COM STAFF

After a Hamas-affiliated terrorist from east Jerusalem killed a Border Police officer and wounded 14 others in a vehicular terror attack on Wednesday, the man who took him down speaks out.

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Border Police officer who shot and killed terrorist in Jerusalem attack, November 5. Photo by ISRAEL POLICE

The Border Police officer who fired at least 10 shots at the terrorist, described the scene as it unfolded: “We noticed a car ram into a number of police officers and civilians near the light rail.” Continue Reading »

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| September 19, 2014
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Border Policeman thwart Arab terror attack in Jerusalem

Border Policeman discovered pickaxe hidden in suspects clothing; 29 yr-old Arab says he was planning to hack a soldier to death in Jerusalem.

By Noam ‘Dabul’ Dvir

Israel Border Police arrested a Palestinian man early Thursday morning who claimed that he had planned to attack a soldier in Jerusalem. Police found a pickaxe among the 29-year-old’s belongings and he was handed over for further investigations.

The pickaxe found on the suspect. (Photo: Police Spokesperson's Unit)

The pickaxe found on the suspect. – Photo: Police Spokesperson’s Unit

At approximately 4am the man from Bethlehem approached the tunnel passage near Beit Jala where border police ordered him to stop as the tunnel is strictly for vehicle traffic and not for pedestrians. Continue Reading »

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| March 16, 2014
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4 Israel Border Guard Policemen hit by Palestinian car

 

 

Palestinian driver claims he accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the breaks, & had on intentions to harm any of the Border Guard policemen.

By Yoav Zitun

Four Border Police soldiers were hit by a car, driven by a Palestinian, at a roadblock near Beit Ummar in Gush Etzion on Saturday.

MAGAV policeman – Photo courtesy: Israel Police

A Border Police officer shot at the vehicle’s wheels, bringing the car to a stop.

The driver claimed in his investigation that the incident was an accident and that he had no intention to hit the Border Police soldiers. He claimed that he accidentally stepped on the gas pedal instead of the breaks. Continue Reading »

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| January 4, 2014
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16 yr-old Arab girl attempts to stab Border Guard policeman in Jerusalem

 

A 2nd policeman was lightly hurt during scuffle to bring Palestinian teen under control.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

 

A 16-year-old Arab girl attempted to stab a border police officer with a knife near Nablus Gate in Jerusalem on Friday. The suspect is a resident of the Jabal al-Mukaber neighborhood in east Jerusalem police said.

Nablus Gate (Damascus Gate) - שער שכם - Photo courtesy: Creative Commons

Nablus Gate (Damascus Gate) – שער שכם – Photo courtesy: Creative Commons

Security personnel succeeded in disarming the woman and bringing her under control but in the process, one of them was injured lightly in the leg. The injured man received medical treatment at the scene.

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| June 28, 2013
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Terror attack averted when sniper rifles with silencers seized by police

A major disaster has been averted with the 3 Palestinians men caught in possession of weapons in West Bank village.

By Itamar Fleishman

A Border Guard force arrested three Palestinians near the village of Al-Khader in the West Bank on Thursday. The three were carrying sniper rifles, silencers, telescopic sights, magazines and a pocketknife.

כלי הנשק שנתפסו. מעורר דאגה

Confiscated arms

They were turned over for questioning to security forces, who say they admitted they were planning a terror attack. The weapons were discovered during a search in the village after a Molotov cocktail was hurled at a Border Guard vehicle. The forces spotted a car with three men who raised their suspicion and ordered it to stop. Continue Reading »

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| June 27, 2013
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Illegal Arab Chased by Police ‘Escapes’ into the Hospital

An Arab illegally in Israel, was trying to escape from pursuing Border Police officers & almost got away – until he jumped off a bridge.

By David Lev

 

 

An illegal Arab trying to escape from pursuing Border Police officers almost got away – until he made a near-fatal miscalculation. Now, after jumping off a bridge, the Arab was being treated in an Israeli hospital, suffering from serious injuries.

The incident occurred Thursday morning at the Kesem Junction, at the intersection of two busy highways, outside the city of Rosh Ha’ayin. Border Guards had pursued the Arab, who snuck into Israel illegally, from the direction of Ariel, and caught up with him on a bridge over Road 444. Continue Reading »

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| December 23, 2012
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Jerusalem cabbie shot after trying to run over Police officer

Border Guard officer lightly injured after Arab taxi driver attempts to run him over; driver mildly wounded from gunfire.

Police say attempted murder was nationalistically motivated

Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

An Arab taxi driver was shot in the leg Sunday after apparently trying to run over a Border Guard officer.

Border Guard Policemen in Jerusalem – Photo: Reuters

Both men are in mild condition. The officer was treated on site and the driver was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.

The police are investigating the incident as a nationalistically motivated attack.

According to available details, the driver, a 39-year-old man from the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood in southeast Jerusalem, arrived at an east Jerusalem police station and rammed into a delivery van trying to exit the compound. Continue Reading »

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| December 18, 2012
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Video Proves Terrorist Attacked Border Police Before Getting Shot Dead

IDF releases a CC security video showing the terrorist who first attacked a Border Police officer in Hevron before he was killed by a female police officer.

By Elad Benari

 

האיום ברשת על החיילת נ', שחיסלה את המחבל

‘Death is unavoidable.’ Online threat

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit released a video on Monday which shows the 17-year-old Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist who attacked a Border Police officer in Hevron last Wednesday.

The terrorist was ultimately killed by a female officer who was on hand and shot the teen when she sensed that her fellow officer was in danger. An investigation found that the 17-year-old attacker’s gun had contained no bullets, but as the officer told interviewers, “I thought that my partner would die if I didn’t act within seconds. Continue Reading »

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| December 13, 2012
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Riots in Hebron Continue

Palestinian youths clash with Israeli security forces day after Palestinian youth is shot dead drawing his ‘gun’ on checkpoint soldier.

Border Guard officer who fired at ‘armed’ youth receives death threats.

Ynet reporters

The clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops continued in Hebron on Thursday as tension in the region continued to mount over the death of a local teenager.

You acted as you were trained, with courage, determination and without hesitation, as is expected of Border Guard combatants.

The 17-year-old Palestinian was shot dead on Wednesday by a Border Guard sergeant when he brandished a gun that later turned out to be fake. Continue Reading »

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| December 12, 2012
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Border Guards kill Palestinian who pulled out a fake gun

Security forces shot dead a man wielding gun near Cave of Patriarchs, believing he was about to execute terror a attack.

No injuries reported among the Security Services

By Itamar Fleishman

 

A Border Guard officer shot and killed a Palestinian youth Wednesday after he threatened troops stationed near the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, with what later turned out to be a toy gun.

An initial inquiry derived that the Palestinian walked up to the troops stationed at the checkpoint and pulled a gun on one of the officers. A female Border Guard officer noticed the event and fired at him, killing him. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2012
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Video: Police Watch as Palestinians throw stones at cars

IDF says unrest in West Bank escalated during Gaza operation

Border  Guard policemen struggle to keep rioters in check

Itamar Fleishman

 

The unrest that plagued the West Bank over the past several days went largely uncovered by the media due to the hostilities between Israeland Gaza, but Jewish residents say the disturbances were so widespread the security forces in the region had trouble handling them.

העימותים מתגברים. עיסאוויה אתמול (צילום: AFP )

Rioters in e. Jerusalem on Wednesday – Photo: AFP

In an attempt to document the violence a settler recorded video footage of Palestinians throwing rocks towards Israeli cars stuck in traffic.

Border police officers whose own squad car was gridlocked stood by helplessly, saying there is nothing they could do. Continue Reading »

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| November 7, 2012
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Border Guard Stabbed with 7 more Cops Injured in Jerusalem Riot

A Border Guard officer was stabbed Tuesday night when rock-throwers in the Arab Shuafat neighborhood of Jerusalem rioted.

By David Lev

 

A Border Guards officer was wounded Tuesday night when Arabs in the Shuafat area of Jerusalem rioted. The officer was stabbed by one of the rioters. At least seven other officers were injured by rocks thrown by the rioters.

Three of the officers, including the stabbing victim, were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, as was the attacker who allegedly stabbed the officer.

Police and Border Guards were attempting to quell the riot. Police arrested a 17-year-old Arab rioter in connection with the stabbing. Continue Reading »

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