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A burst pipe released five million liters of crude oil into the Evrona Nature Reserve north of Eilat in 2014.
The drones never crossed into Israel’s air space.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The target, believed to have been a drone, was intercepted over the Red Sea by a C-Dome battery aboard an Israeli Sa'ar 6-class corvette.
Numerous drones and missiles have been launched towards Eilat since October 9th.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The attack, which caused no injuries, was claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
The Houthis have attacked and harassed ships in the Red Sea as they traverse the Bab el-Mandeb Straits, a narrow maritime chokepoint between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.
The Houthis announced earlier on Saturday that they launched a wave of drones towards Eilat.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Washington told Israel to let the American military handle the Houthi threat, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The missile was intercepted in the Red Sea area.
A surface-to-surface missile was intercepted by Iron Dome.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A group of special-ed children where there when the drone hit.
Hotels near the Red Sea water line can now be constructed up to 20 stories instead of eight, or to a height of 60 meters (200 feet).
The minister from Meretz called on the city to stop and dismantle all their beachfront construction.
Jordan is losing revenue from PA Arabs flying out of it, the Palestinian Authority is losing the normalization war against Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
There is a shortage of hotel workers
Israeli visitors and tourists visit the Underwater Observatory in the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
The work will include overtaking lanes, rest bays, lighting and road upgrades that will reduce traffic accidents on the road.
By David Isaac
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.
"They are encouraged to love and conserve birds, in their gardens or at work, now and forever."
By David Isaac
An agreement penned a year ago has encountered growing opposition from environmentalist groups and Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection.
“The Gulf of Eilat is in real danger because of the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline,” says Tamar Zandberg.
Some military officials have estimated that Iran will take advantage of the coming weeks before Joe Biden enters office to retaliate against Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The EAPC-MED-RED plan, which will include other countries as well, is to avoid crossing the Suez Canal and save time for Asia buyers.
The two companies will cooperate in establishing a shipping line on a direct route from Jebel Ali Port in Dubai to the Port of Eilat and Israel Shipyards will examine the possibility of cooperation in the production and marketing of various products in Dubai.
Encountering a manta is the dream of every diver who enters the water, but in Eilat such an observation is rare.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred at a 10 km depth in the Red Sea, 222 km south-west of Eilat.
Airlines and airports in Israel are gradually getting back in the air.
By Israel Hayom
Constructed at a cost of some $500 million, it has an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers. It is able to handle 20 takeoffs and landings an hour and accommodate large aircraft, such as Boeing 747s.
“Such a national project, in which future vision and advanced environmental thinking will be integrated, will contribute to the well-being of the general public.”
By JNi.Media
The lack of manpower in housekeeping is one of the most difficult problems facing hotel operations in Israel. Turns out Israelis don't like cleaning up after visiting foreigners. Who knew?
By JNi.Media
“This is a special day and an historic milestone as we break the 3-million-tourist barrier and set a new all-time record," Minister Levin said.
By JNi.Media
Some Israelis were trying to find alternative routs to reach the Sinai beaches, possibly via Jordan.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Champions of the Flyaway is the largest international competition of its kind, with birdwatching teams coming from all over the world.
Tremors were felt in Eilat and the Negev.
One of the scenarios the drill simulated was the hijacking of a civilian Israeli vessel by the Islamic State (ISIS).
For the first time, Israel will host the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships, as 143 of the world’s top athletes converge Monday on the southern resort city of Eilat.
Both are suspected of conspiring to aid the enemy in wartime for reportedly planning to bomb a hotel in Israel’s southernmost city of Eilat.
The rabbi from Tiberias almost fell into the sea trying to board the ship and settled for shouting from his boat, "Say Shema Yisrael."
Gag order lifted: The terrorist was arrested after he stabbed a woman in the back. In a separate incident, a terrorist escaped after trying to stab soldier near Rachel's Tomb.
They hope to reduce the cost of vacationing in Israel by about 20% over five years.
By JNi.Media
Mayor Yitzchak Halevi described some of the projects being carried out in Eilat, as part of making it a Smart City...
By JNi.Media
Israeli companies will continue flying to Eilat normally because their airplanes are protected in three envelopes.
The long-term plan calls for a fence along the eastern border from Eilat to the Golan Heights. =
Europe's low-fare airline will fly three routes to the Ovda Airport, northwest of Eilat.
No damage was reported. The quake occurred on the East African rift.
More Palestinian Authority workers also are working in Israel, but B'Tselem manages to find a black lining in a silver cloud.
The ISIS is making inroads in the Sinai and reportedly has threatened to attack Eilat.
A father and son scuba dive in Eilat. It turns out that Eilat is an incredibly popular destination for religious Israelis on Chanukah, and scuba diving is a very popular family activity. Unlike how the situation was decades ago when you could barely find a kosher restaurant, there are now 3 or 4 Kosher L'Mehadrin […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
This is the season to pray for rain, but precipitation in the Arava would worsen the disaster by gushing the oil to Eilat.
Firefighters have stopped the flow of thousands of gallons of oil.
Who says the cultural barriers are too great to make intermarriage work?
The number of rockets and missiles fired on Israel is decreasing, but the war is far from over.
Multiple rockets were launched at Israel from the Sinai.
Israeli police announce search is over, there was no infiltration into Eilat.
Missile fire may disrupt schedules in commercial flights at Ben Gurion International Airport, authority warns.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Tourism Minister: Proposal will strengthen the peace between Israel and Jordan.
“Here comes the sun, and I say/It's all right” – The Beatles.
Eilat residents woke this morning to two loud explosions in the air.
30 tourists of different nationalities were on the bus when it exploded.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad and brethren may be able to blow up the “peace talks” with a bit more war.
Disney Documentary has bought the Israeli animated story of “Dolphin Boy,” about an Israeli Arab who became mute after being a brutal beating in his Arab village and who underwent rehabilitation through communication with dolphins in Eilat. Disney intends to promote the production into a full animated feature, the Times of Israel reported. The father […]
Another earthquake, at least the seventh in the past week, hit Israel again on Wednesday, this time in Eilat and causing a bit of nervousness but no injuries or damage. All of the previous recent earthquakes were in the area of Tiberias and the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), in northern Israel. The temblor in Eilat […]
El Al announced it will halt all daytime flights to Eilat starting Thursday, two weeks after resuming flights based on an understanding with government aviation officials that a solution would be found to a new landing path that El Al considers too dangerous to use. Terrorist attacks from the neighboring Sinai Peninsula have occasionally targeted […]
By JTA
El Al Airlines has reinstated flights to Eilat, after having cancelled its three daily daytime flights from Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday because of concerns about the safety of new landing and takeoff designed to reduce the chances of a terrorist attack from Egypt. The airline’s nighttime flights, whose routing had not been changed, were […]
Near the Sinai peninsula, the Israeli Defense Forces continue on high alert, watching every suspicious movement in the sands near the Egyptian border for signs of the next attack.
The IDF allowed departing flights to take off from Eilat's international airport Thursday night after ordering it closed for two hours, without any explanation other than to note “an evaluation of the situation.” The temporary closure probably was connected to terrorist activity in the neighboring Sinai Peninsula, where Egyptian forces have arrested approximately 100 terrorists […]
The IDF has ordered the immediate closure of the Eilat Airport to incoming flights but is allowing planes to leave. The military did not explain the order except to say that the decision was made “following an evaluation of the situation.”
If there is any question why Israel has enforced a maritime cargo on the Gaza Coast, it was removed with the release of a gag order that the Navy stopped a weapons smuggling ship in the Red Sea.
Israeli soldiers on Tuesday found fragments of a Grad missile that was fired on the city from the Sinai Peninsula last Thursday, when residents heard at least two explosions. The military went on high alert over the weekend because of the violence in Egypt and clashes in the Sinai.
Jordan has transferred to an orthodox Jewish tourist to Eilat after he collapsed at the tomb of Aharon in Petra and was driven in an ambulance towards Eilat, when he suffered another attack. The ambulance turned around and rushed to a hospital near Petra. He was reported to be in a coma. The chairman of […]
By Shalom Bear
At least one Egyptian soldier was killed and two wounded; tension before Friday prayers in the mosques, mass pro-Morsi rallies anticipated.
Security forces are checking the source of three loud explosion that were heard throughout the entire city of Eilat. Initial reports now say that 2 rockets were apparently launched at Eilat from the Sinai and landed in open areas outside the city. There are no reports of damage or injury, and security forces are looking […]
By Orat@Muqata
From the Islamic sources, it is clear that Eilat had a significant Jewish population, which existed for hundreds of years after the Muslim conquest.
People go to Eilat to get away from it all, but today the trouble came to them.
The IDF's assessment, hardly surprising and certainly not for the first time, is that the attack on Eilat was made from the nearby Sinai Peninsula.
Take 740 gallons paint, let a Yemenite Chabadnik work day and night for three weeks and – presto – see a huge Israel flag display in Eilat that can be seen from Jordan.
By Tom Nisani and Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The rocket attacks from Gaza, the terrorist attack in Sinai which was stopped by the IDF from coming into Israel, all stem from the change in the balance of power since Mubarak's ouster. Since then, not only have terror groups in Gaza been strengthened, but the Sinai has become a training and smuggling base for Gaza terror organizations and others, including Hezbollah, according to reports the IDF has been receiving since February 2011. The Egyptians, under Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, have refused to take responsibility for their sovereign territory.
During an armed robbery overnight at the La Casa restaurant in Eilat, two policemen who arrived at the scene had their guns taken away by the thieves. The thieves then fled the scene, hijacked a taxi. Three addditional police cars began chasing them through the streets of Eilat. During the chase, policemen managed to shoot […]
Israeli immigration police arrest dozens of South Sudanese illegal immigrants in Eilat on Monday morning in a raid intended to curb the influx of unauthorized entrants from Africa.
Google Street View has officially launched in Israel, providing images of religious sites and city streets in major Israeli cities Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa.
The 350-kilometer line is due to shorten travel time to two hours.
Netanyahu: "The Eilat Railway will be a passenger railway with a travel time of two hours" from Tel Aviv.
July 3, 2026 
