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Ammon News - The Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, announced that a new police unit will be established in the West Bank, whose mission will be to monitor and prevent attempts to smuggle weapons on the Jordanian-Palestinian border.

Ben Gvir said, according to Ynet news, that the police unit will likely be named the “Jordanian Border Unit”.

The unit, expected to consist of tens of officers and commence operations in early 2024, he added.

"We must seal off our borders, especially the one with Jordan, from which illegal firearms are smuggled into Israel," according to Ben-Gvir. This challenge has become one of the major concerns for law enforcement in Israel in recent years as the number of smuggled firearms has been steadily increasing.

The unit's designated mission will be to gather intelligence for the purpose of preventing smuggling attempts within the district, he confirmed.

The unit will gather information through human intelligence (HUMINT), visual intelligence (VISINT), as well as cyber and signal intelligence (SIGINT). Using advanced technological means will form the necessary situational awareness required to prevent smuggling attempts into Israel, he stated.

The new unit will work in collaboration with other police units, including those operating on the Egyptian, Jordanian and Lebanese borders. Additionally, it will likely cooperate with the Israeli Occupation Army and the Shin Bet to maximize intelligence gathering and characterize the activity patterns of these smuggling networks.