An official Israeli report revealed loopholes at David Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, which he said might allow "Israelis and foreigners" to enter the country, while the number of people who have managed to pass and their identities are unknown.
An official Israeli report revealed, on Tuesday, loopholes at David Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv (center), which he said could allow Israelis and foreigners to enter the country
This came according to what was stated by State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman in a report, according to the Hebrew newspaper "Haaretz"
The observer said he discovered security gaps at Ben Gurion Airport "that could allow Israelis and foreigners to enter the country."
He pointed out that the authorities knew of several cases in which people entered the country taking advantage of these loopholes, although the true dimensions of the phenomenon are unknown.
The report, which was published, is partially confidential for reasons related to protecting state security, and in the open part, the relevant loopholes were not identified, according to the same source.
According to Engelman, the Border Control Department did not supervise the work of border inspectors at Ben Gurion Airport in the years 2020-2022, which he considered a "major weakness."
"It is not possible to know how many people have so far been able to pass through border control taking advantage of the security loopholes and what their identity is," he said.
The observer examined the electronic protection in the National Insurance Institute (governmental) and found that there is an average of 2.9 million electronic attacks that the institution is exposed to daily, according to the Hebrew newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth.
The report also examined cybersecurity in the health sector and showed that it was one of the ten most attacked sectors in Israel in 2021.
The report touched on this point against the backdrop of a cyberattack that targeted, in October 2021, the government medical center, "Hillel Yaffe" in Hadera (north).
At that time, the attack disrupted the continuity of activity in the medical center for about three months, patients moved from it to other centers, and employees switched to manual work instead of computerized work.
The observer's report showed that the cost of restoring the "Hillel Yaffe" electronic protection network after the cyber attack was estimated at 36 million shekels ($9.9 million).
In Israel, the function of the state comptroller is to monitor the executive authority, local authorities and other public bodies established by law, and he is elected by secret vote of the Knesset (Parliament) for one term of office of 7 years, according to the Knesset website.
Ayn al Arab : Turkish intelligence neutralizes a leader of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization in northern Syria
Turkish intelligence announced the neutralization of the leader of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, Toby Karakoch, nicknamed "Zain Kobani", in the city of Ayn al-Arab in Syria.
Turkish intelligence managed to neutralize the terrorist Touba Karakoc, who is in charge of the financial affairs of the PKK/YPG organization in the city of Ayn al-Arab in Syria.
The Anadolu Agency correspondent learned from security sources, on Wednesday, that Qaraquq, nicknamed "Zen Kobani", joined the terrorist organization PKK in 2013.
The security sources added that Qaraqosh participated in many terrorist operations in Turkey, Syria and Iraq.
She pointed out that Qaraqosh was frequenting between Syria and Iraq to secure financial support for its terrorist organization.
After careful tracking, Turkish intelligence was able to neutralize the terrorist with a security operation in Ain Issa, northern Syria.