16 East Europeans Caught Trying to Sneak Into Israel on Flights

Jerusalem, 15 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Population and Immigration Authority border controllers at Ben Gurion Airport today, Monday, located 16 passengers who attempted to enter Israel illegally.

The passengers, 14 Georgian citizens and 2 Uzbek citizens, mostly arrived on a flight from Sochi, except for one who arrived from Tbilisi.

Among the infiltrators were 9 men and 7 women.

Some of them attempted to infiltrate using fake Israeli passports.

Since the beginning of the month, 45 infiltrators have been caught.