By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Petty Officer David Moshe Ben Shitrit was hit by shrapnel when an Iron Dome interceptor missile exploded above his patrol boat.
We'll sail the Seven Seas (or at least the Mediterranean) .
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.
Gabriel is a family of sea-skimming anti-ship missiles manufactured by the IAI.
The announcement comes after joint drill where NATO vessels simulated medical emergencies at sea with the Israeli Navy.
By JNi.Media
These warships will be tasked with protecting Israel's Economic Exclusion Zone with Israel's offshore natural gas rigs.
By JNi.Media
The IDF decided not to place launchers on the gas rigs themselves for safety reasons, fearing that fire would erupt on the platform during the launching of interceptor missiles.
By JNi.Media
The Israeli Navy in May 2015 ordered four Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes that make the baseline platform more robust for military use.
The Israeli Navy shows off its newest naval vessel designated: Manta. The Manta is designed for amphibious landing of ground troops via the sea. The drill took place on the beach in the northern Israeli town of Atlit, on May 18, 2016.
Pro-Arab activists are warning that they will charge the IDF with a war crime if it stops the flotilla.
The Navy has selected Captain Or Cohen to become the first woman appointed as an IDF Navy ship's commander.
Hamas is still in the mode of “give us a finger and we will take the whole hand.”
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 Tibbi Singer
This week the 124th class of IDF Naval Officers, including three women, completed their training and were stationed on deck Israeli Navy vessels. While most IDF women serve only two years, these three officers have already served through the 36-month naval officers' course, as graduates will be required to sign up for at least an extra 16 months.
Israel and Germany signed a contract purchasing the Israeli Navy's sixth submarine Wednesday. It is an SSK Dolphin Class submarine. Last year the newspaper The Welt am Sonntag reported that German chancellor Angela Merkel conditioned the sale of the Dolphin on Israeli concessions to the Palestinians, which Netanyahu obliged.