In the dead of night, near the separation barrier: attempts by illegal residents to infiltrate underground

Police foiled an overnight attempt to smuggle Palestinians through an underground tunnel dug by suspects near the separation barrier in northern Jerusalem, in the Kalandia area. Border Police officers spotted three suspects, arrested one, while the other two fled. The suspect said the plan was to smuggle illegal residents into Israel. The security establishment deals with hundreds of illegal residents daily.

Police foiled an overnight attempt to smuggle Palestinians through an underground tunnel dug by suspects near the separation barrier in northern Jerusalem, in the Kalandia village area. Border Police officers from the Jerusalem envelope unit spotted three suspects digging a tunnel shaft adjacent to the barrier, and after a short chase arrested one of them; the other two fled. In his initial interrogation, the suspect said the plan was to use the tunnel to smuggle illegal residents into Israeli territory. The report notes that the security establishment deals with hundreds of illegal residents entering Israel daily, and that this is not the first time smugglers have used tunnels, sewage pipes, and even ancient burial caves to bring people without security clearance into the Green Line. It also states that although each illegal resident is a potential terrorist, the issue is not at the top of the security establishment's priorities. The report was presented in the main news edition by Jerusalem and territories correspondent Shlomi Heller.