Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityFollowing a Haaretz Exposé According to the State Prosecutor's Office, Israel Avishar, former head of the Firearms Department, is suspected of allowing unauthorized individuals to issue some 23,000 conditional gun permits and 15,000 final gun licenses. Three employees from Minister Ben-Gvir's office, including his adviser David Bavli, were also questioned in the affairShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe12:32 AM • July 22 2026 IDTA former National Security Ministry official will be indicted for the illegal distribution of gun licenses pending a hearing, the State Prosecutor's Office announced on Tuesday.In the NewsFormer Security Official to Be Indicted for Unlawful Gun License DistributionIDF Reportedly Aborted Strike on 'Terror Suspects' Who Were Settler ActivistsNetanyahu's AI Campaign Video Seemingly Mocks Eisenkot's Son, Killed in Gaza WarNetherlands to Ban Import of Goods From Israeli Settlements in West BankSettler Raids Are Now Routine at This Palestinian Village. Another Teen Is DeadRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop ThemBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient Rome103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic Vote