Israel Border Police

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Israel Border Police מִשְׁמַר הַגְּבוּל Mišmar Ha-Gvul
Emblem of Magav
Flag of Israel Border Police
Common name	Magav
Agency overview
Formed	1953
Preceding agency	Frontier Corps[a]
Employees	≈8,000 soldiers and officers
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Israel
Operations jurisdiction	Israel
Governing body	Israel Police
General nature	Gendarmerie Local civilian police
Specialist jurisdiction	National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Website
www.police.gov.il

The Israel Border Police (Hebrew: מִשְׁמַר הַגְּבוּל, romanized: Mišmar Ha-Gvul) is the gendarmerie and border security branch of the Israel National Police. It is also commonly known by its Hebrew abbreviation Magav (מג"ב‎), meaning border guard; its members are colloquially known as magavnikim (מג"בניקים‎; singular magavnik). "Border Guard" is often used as the official name of the Israel Border Police in English. While its main task is securing Israel's borders, it has also been deployed to assist the Israel Defense Forces, and for counter-terrorism and law enforcement operations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in Jerusalem.

The Israeli Border Police is known to include many soldiers from minority backgrounds, being a particularly popular choice for Druze recruits, and also including many soldiers from Circassian, Arab Christian, and Bedouin backgrounds.^[1]

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