Tag: Red Sea

"We'll continue to provide Israel with the equipment that you need to defend your country . . . including critical munitions, tactical vehicles and air defense systems."

Seven top global shipping firms have opted for safety over risk, and suspended their Red Sea transit routes despite the added time and expense.

"In light of the deteriorating security situation for shipping in the Red Sea, BP has decided to temporarily pause all transits through the Red Sea."

Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, the Missile Ship Flotilla and Naval Security Squadron have struck hundreds of targets .

The Houthi leader also threatened ships escorting vessels en route to Israel.

Britain's Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO) said it received reports of a drone attack in the Bab al-Mandab strait.

The pirates were arrested and are being questioned by the US military under counter-piracy authorities.

The Houthis have been launching long-range ballistic missiles and combat drones at the Jewish State to express their solidarity with Hamas in its war against Israel.

"The target did not cross into Israeli territory, and was intercepted according to protocol," the IDF said.

Multiple coordinated rocket barrages from across Israel's northern and southern borders clarified that a second front indeed appears to have been opened in the north.

The Sa’ar 5 boats are armed with Barak-1 and/or Barak-8 missiles, made by IAI and Rafael, and two four-cell Boeing Harpoon missile launchers.

“The United States does not seek conflict with Iran; we do not want this war to widen. But if Iran or its proxies attack US personnel anywhere, make no mistake, we will defend our people, we will defend our security, swiftly and decisively.”

More than 3,000 US military personnel also arrived this week in the region.

The bilateral training exercise focuses on mission-planning, maritime interdiction and other sea drills.

That doesn't look red.

Under the sea.

Report: Tiran and Sanafir islands could be transferred to Saudi sovereignty if negotiations succeed, paving the way to Saudi normalization steps.

Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall, a senior analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, discusses Iranian intelligence-gathering and attack vessels active in the region.

Hailed as the first major partnership to come out of the Abraham Accords, the deal has come under fire from environmental groups for allegedly posing a risk to the Gulf of Eilat’s coral reefs.

The drill takes place against the backdrop of a large-scale military exercise that Iran has been conducting in recent days in the Gulf.

But Ever Given is not floating happily upstream just yet.

A team of international researchers, including Prof. Maoz Fine of Bar-Ilan University, says there may still be time to prevent an ecological disaster.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred at a 10 km depth in the Red Sea, 222 km south-west of Eilat.

Join Rabbi Yishai Fleisher for a trip through the Red Sea to understand the miracles, and the personalities, that started the great journey of Israel.

Elections, storm, pandemic and now earthquakes...

Despite political tensions between countries along the Red Sea, researchers band together to call upon UNESCO to declare the Red Sea’s entire coral reef as a Marine World Heritage Site.

The rocket attack comes after Saudi Arabia’s oil supply came under an attack by drones and cruise missiles on September 14, cutting in half the Saudi oil production.

One of the dolphins was spotted showing her pup how to float on the water in order to breathe. Dolphins are mammals.

Control operations have treated nearly 85,000 hectare since December, of which 30,000 hectare were treated in the past three weeks in Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

The more than 20 European heads of states at the summit are expected to include German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May.