Hebrew media reported – today, Monday – an increase in requests for weapons possession licenses in the wake of confrontations between the Israeli army and the Palestinian resistance and the war on… Gaza strip Continuing for the 38th day in a row.
The Hebrew economic newspaper “Calcalist” revealed that the number of such requests to the Ministry of National Security has reached 190,000, since the seventh of last October, and so far, about 31,000 licenses have been issued.
The Israeli newspaper also explained that more than 210,000 applications were registered in the first ten months of this year, compared to what was witnessed last year when 42,000 applications were registered, and about 13,000 licenses were granted at that time.
The Calcalist newspaper quoted the head of the firearms department at the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, Amos Golan, as saying that “98% of weapons in Israel are imported,” noting that weapons made in Israel are only a small part of the arms market.
The newspaper pointed out the increase in weapons production in Israeli companies, and the price of a personal pistol reached between 3,000-4,000 Israeli shekels ($775-1,033), despite companies saying that they would not raise prices due to the high demand.
The economic newspaper pointed out that the head of the northern settlement council West Bank Yossi Dagan, a few weeks ago, placed an order to purchase 200 assault rifles from an Israeli manufacturer.
Since October 7, the far-right Israeli Minister of National Security has begun… Itamar Ben GvirHe created hundreds of civilian security teams and purchased 10,000 rifles to distribute to individuals.
It is noteworthy that the new categories that are allowed to obtain a weapon license, according to Ben Gvir’s directives, include those who served in combat units of the Israeli army, and were not previously eligible to obtain weapon licenses.
