More than 4,000 illegal arms have been seized in Israel over the past 10 months, with the vast majority found in Arab-Israeli towns and cities, Israel Hayom has exclusively learned.
The figures, based on data released by the Israel Police to Israel Hayom, show that 90% of illegal arms and ammunition come from Arab-Israeli homes. This was also the case in the equivalent period in 2018.
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According to the data, the Israel Police have so far been able to make 3,350 arrests of Arab Israelis for illegally possessing and trading firearms.
The arms confiscated comprise 526 handguns and 435 rifles (mostly assault rifles). This represents a 21% increase compared to the equivalent period in 2018 for those two kinds of firearms.
