By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The UAV was intercepted prior to crossing into Israeli territory, according to the IDF.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The bilateral training exercise focuses on mission-planning, maritime interdiction and other sea drills.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Navy boats approached the vessel and called on it to halt, and when he did not respond to their calls, the soldiers fired at it in accordance with open fire regulations.
The SA’AR 6-class ships will form the “backbone” of the Israeli Navy for the next 30 years.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The vessel can accelerate from zero to 40 knots in 60 seconds and operate in shallow waters. It can carry an array of lightweight weapons systems, navigation and other combat systems.
The ship was handed over at Thyssenkrupp (TKMS) marine systems dockyards in Germany to the Israel Navy about two weeks ago.
This joint show of force took place just a week after Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jets escorted two American B-52 bombers through Israeli airspace.
The sailor, Jean Francois Colas, 60, was taken to an Israeli hospital in Ashdod for further treatment.
The new torpedo system has improved accuracy and can be used against targets above and below water dozens of kilometers away.
The Israeli navy is about to receive its fourth submarine and the first of three nuclear-capable subs purchased from Germany.
Hamas would love nothing more than to be able to attack Israel on the premise that the IDF broke the ceasefire.
The Israeli Navy Wednesday morning thwarted an attempt to smuggle what may have been explosives form Egypt into Gaza. After two “fishing” boats encroached on international waters and refused orders from the Navy to stop, soldiers opened fire and hit the vessels, setting off secondary explosions. Two Arabs suffered light to moderate wounds. Arab sources […]
It is not everyday that a young man from Potomac, Maryland travels for tens of thousands of miles to join the Israel Navy.
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.