A military officer caught with Palestinian thieves who broke into a base in the south of the country/police spokesmen
With the outbreak of the Iron Swords War, the criminal organizations in Israel recognized an opportunity and set themselves the goal of equipping themselves with as many weapons and ammunition as possible. Most of the new weapons that the organizations are accumulating originate from the IDF.
The widespread deployment of police forces and public cities led to a decrease in the rates of shooting incidents and violence in the streets, especially among Arab society.
However, a former senior official in the police estimates that all of this is temporary, and the effects of the crime organizations' supply drive will be felt as soon as the war ends.
The police already admit that this is not a one-off incident, but rather a trend that is expanding.
In recent months, several IDF weapons caches that leaked into the underworld have been seized by the police. The many 'leaks', precisely at such a sensitive time, should have turned on a red light among the security forces in the IDF and the Israel Defense Forces. But as before October 7, the failure The continuation of the eradication of the phenomenon unfolds at the door of the Israel Police.
An amla captured in recent months by perpetrators of crime. Some of them from combat zones. / Israel Police Spokesperson
An amla captured in recent months by perpetrators of crime. Some of them from combat zones. / Israel Police Spokesperson
setbacks and arrests
For example, during the month of January, many weapons, including a gun, stun grenades and stun grenades, were found in the apartment of a Tel Aviv resident known to the police as a member of the Mosley family's criminal organization.
Some of the ammunition was identified as IDF property that came into the suspect's hands by an illegal route.
In another investigation by the police, a resident of Taiba was arrested in possession of a gun belonging to an Israeli army fighter who fell in the battles in Otef on October 7. The crime gang wars in Petah Tikva have also recently escalated with a series of shooting incidents, explosions of explosive devices, and the throwing of grenades at houses, businesses and cars. The residents In the city, they point to a deterioration in personal security since the outbreak of the war, and the police are already clearly identifying one of the causes of the phenomenon - the spillover of explosive devices from the battlefields to perpetrators of crime.
The Palestinians recognize an opportunity
The theft of military equipment since the outbreak of war is carried out in a variety of ways and methods. Most of the military equipment was stolen from combat zones and assembly areas, but some was also stolen from IDF bases.
Some of those involved in the thefts have already been arrested and prosecuted.
Even among the Palestinian terrorists in Judea and Samaria, they recognized the weak point, and with extraordinary courage tried to steal ammunition from military bases in the south of the country during the war. undisturbed.
A military officer caught with Palestinian thieves who broke into a base in the south of the country/Israeli police spokeswoman
"Bricks are an important tool for criminals"
"At the end of the war, we will see an increase in the number of sabotage incidents against governmental institutions and other targets," warns retired Superintendent Yossi Sedvon, who previously served as head of the AHAM (Intelligence Investigations Division), the Tel Aviv Police Department and the Israel Police Ombudsman, "when Amalah is available, including for building sabotage, you can estimate that these materials will be purchased and will go to professionals who will install cellular and other operating facilities on them, and then will be used to liquidate accounts between criminals
. , because when there is supply, the price goes down.
Sabotage structures are an important tool for criminal organizations to solve problems, they use it to threaten, blackmail and 'take down' opponents.
We will feel the consequences of the war only at the end.
The police are now deployed on a crazy scale, and every shooting and every explosion gets attention - citizens report immediately, and the police also arrive quickly.
I recognize the decrease in crime in the Arab sector, in liquidation of accounts among themselves, but let's not be mistaken, it is temporary.
As soon as we return to normality, we will return to pre-war crime rates, with significantly less police deployment, and a much slower response."
Retired superintendent Yossi Sedvon/Official website, Daniela Continiosi Zelinger
A military officer caught with Palestinian thieves who broke into a base in the south of the country/Israeli police spokeswoman
And if we are dealing with the period before the war, retired police officer Sedvon harshly criticizes the helplessness that the police display in the face of the rampant crime in Arab society in Israel, "Last year there were more than 200 murders in Arab society, of which only 10% were solved, this is not perceived. As a brother's head" From the former, I know crime trends change, I've already seen a 5% deviation here or there, but a doubling in crime rates?
There is no such animal - this is already a collapse of systems."
"Abu Latif's incident is not surprising, many of the Latif family serve in the IDF, in all the units you can think of, including the most classified. They make use of all the knowledge, familiarity, the family structure that is difficult It is very difficult to break into. It often happens that the Israeli police arrest a criminal organization, after which shots are fired at cars, banks and government institutions to deter the police and send them a message."
The protected vehicle in which Abu Latif was caught yesterday/Israel Police spokeswoman
"Whoever tries to open a gun store in the center of the country, has to meet almost draconian security specifications; concrete safes, shelters, alarm systems. All of this makes breaking into such a store almost impossible," Sedvon explains.
"There is not a single armory in the IDF that is protected at such a level, something needs to be done about it.
Units enter the bunker and take weapons out of necessity, but in doing so they reveal its location, allowing an opening for theft.
I believe that the IDF is doing everything to protect the military, but more can and should be done."
The response of the IDF spokesman: "Following an increase in thefts of military equipment from the IDF since the outbreak of the war, the investigating military police received reports of various deficiencies.
Many actions are taken by the Israel Police and the IDF to prevent theft. Among other things, there are joint operations, many arrests of illegal thieves, directed intelligence gathering, joint investigations and overt and covert activities to increase the security of the bases.
It will be clarified that every incident that is reported to the investigating military police is investigated, and depending on the circumstances, a criminal investigation will be opened.
Naturally, it is not possible to go into detail about the findings of ongoing investigations."
The response of the Israel Police: "Following the increase in thefts of military equipment from the IDF, many operations are being carried out by the Israel Police in cooperation with the IDF. Amal thieves from combat zones and IDF bases, carrying out joint investigations with the IDF and various activities to increase the security of the bases and there was even a discussion chaired by the head of Amal and the relevant police officials together with relevant military officials. Since 7/10 there has been a very significant increase in Amal perceptions "H that was stolen from the IDF, mainly grenades and improvised explosive devices. As mentioned, the activity is carried out in full coordination with the IDF both on specific suspects and from a systemic point of view in order to reduce the phenomenon."
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