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Iran

Watch: Iran Targets 'F-35 Stealth Fighter' in Massive IRGC Navy Exercise

By Jewish Press News Desk

Some of the weapons included suicide speedboats, a "stealth drone" and smart torpedoes launched from high-speed vessels.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

‘Naval Iron Dome’ Successfully Tested in Final Stage Before Becoming Operational

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"The operationalization of the C-Dome system is a significant milestone for the State of Israel's naval defense capabilities," Defense Minister Benny Gantz said.

Analysis

‘IRGC has Covert Presence in Red Sea,’ says Top Defense Researcher

By Yaakov Lappin

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.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Israeli Navy Captures Gazans Smuggling Materials for Hamas’ Weapons Production

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Three Gazan suspects were arrested when they tried to cross into Egyptian waters; subsequent questioning revealed they were working for Hamas, according to the Israeli Navy.

IDF & Security / US

Israeli Navy, US Fifth Fleet Hold Largest Exercise to Date

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The exercise centered on maritime scenarios that include sea combat, vessel protection, sabotage, the neutralization of naval mines, search-and-rescue and the provision of medical aid at sea.

IDF & Security / Business and Economy / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Gulf States / UAE

Israel Aerospace Industries and UAE’s EDGE Will Jointly Develop Advanced Unmanned Surface Vessels

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The two will jointly design a first-in-class series of 170 modular-unmanned surface vessels (m-USV) for a range of military and commercial applications.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Israel Shipyards Announces Last Stage Before Building New Combat Vessel for Navy

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Reshef Class ships will replace the Sa’ar 4.5 ships that have been in service for more than three decades.

IDF & Security / Police and Crime

Case 3000: Submarine Cases against David Shimron and Former Navy Commander Marom Closed

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Prime Minister Netanyahu is not suspected of any wrongdoing in the case and has been cleared by the relevant authorities.

Iran

Reported Attack on Iranian Ship is a ‘Moderate Escalation’

By Yaakov Lappin

Iran believed that its attempt to deny the military role of the “Saviz” would protect it from attack, but the deniability ended up making it easier for those who struck it, says a former defense official.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Watch: IDF Captured Hamas Fugitive Swimming from Gaza Last Month

By Jewish Press News Desk

Approximately a month ago, the captured man was described as a Hamas naval commando smuggled out of Gaza.

Featured / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Turkey / Photo of the Day

Watch: Israeli Commandos Rescue Ship in Distress

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

A foreign trade ship sailing from Turkey that was docking off Israel’s northern shore sent a message of distress.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / Asia

IAI Completes ‘Integrated Underwater Harbour Defense and Surveillance System' for Indian Navy

By JNi.Media

IUHDSS comprises surveillance, observation, surface, and underwater sensing arrays that can detect, locate, and track threats ranging from small boats and submersibles, swimmers or divers.

IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

Israeli Navy Prepared to Escort Women' Gaza Boats to Ashdod

By JNi.Media

The Zaytouna Captain is US Army retired Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned from the US government in 2003, over her objection to the Bush Administration's foreign policy.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / ISIS

Navy Simulates Hijacking of Israeli Ship by ISIS Terrorists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

One of the scenarios the drill simulated was the hijacking of a civilian Israeli vessel by the Islamic State (ISIS).

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF to Place Four Elite Combat Units under New Command

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF is placing its four elite combat units under a single commando brigade in the 98th Paratrooper's Division. The combat units Egoz, part of the Golani Brigade; Rimon, part of the Givati Brigade; Duvdevan of the Central Command; and Maglan of the combat engineering force will be under the new command to be headed […]

Op-Eds

The Last of the Flotillas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The pathetic failure of the Marianne to reach Gaza is the best thing that has happened to Israel since Hamas mis-fired a rocket on its own civilians.

Photo of the Day

Saving Flipper

By Photo of the Day

Israeli Shayetet 13 Naval commandos discovered a wounded fellow swimmer in the water, while they were doing a training exercise on Thursday morning. The commandos helped and treated the dolphin until a marine animal doctor could arrive to help it further. By the way, the temperature in Israel was between 52-66 degree Fahrenheit on Thursday, […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Selects First Female Commander of Navy Ship

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Navy has selected Captain Or Cohen to become the first woman appointed as an IDF Navy ship's commander.

Photo of the Day

Remember the Dakar

By Photo of the Day

Head of the Israeli Navy Ram Rothberg attends a memorial ceremony held at sea by Israeli sailors from the navy's newest submarine, the INS Tanin. The ceremony was in memory of the personnel of the INS Dakar, which sank 435 km. off the coast of Haifa in 1968. September 21, 2014. 

Photo of the Day

In the Navy

By Photo of the Day

PM Netanyahu pins the bars on a a new IDF Navy officer on Sept. 2, 2014. Congratulations.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

DM Moshe Ya'alon: The Rocket Fire From Gaza May Restart

By Jewish Press News Desk

The latest temporary cease-fire with Gaza is set to expire on Wednesday at midnight.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

IDF Navy Special Forces Raid Gaza Rocket Facility

By Shalom Bear

The IDF sent in commandos to deal with a Gazan long-range rocket launch site. A gun battle with Hamas ensued...

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

CANCELLED: Suspected Infiltration Near Eilat by Sea

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli police announce search is over, there was no infiltration into Eilat.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

First Person Shooter View of Kibbutz Zikim Infiltration

By Jewish Press News Desk

Here is a first person shooter view of the gun battle between the Israeli Navy and the Hamas frogmen on the beach at Zikim on June 8.

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Germany

Germany Cancels Gunboat Discount - Because of Peace Talks Breakdown and Obama

By Shalom Bear

The US denies President Obama had any role in the German decision to cancel the promised discount.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs

Five IDF Soldiers Injured in Gaza Terror Tunnel Clash

By Shalom Bear

The soldiers were destroying the terror tunnel, inside Gaza when they were attacked.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Air Force Drone Crashes South of Tel Aviv Coast

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Israeli Air Force drone crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast south of Tel Aviv Tuesday, the second drone crash in three months. The Navy picked located the debris of the Hermes 450 UAV and brought it experts to analyze the reason for the malfunction, which probably was in the engine, according to […]

J.E. Dyer

Dead in the Water: Obama's Military and Iran

By J. E. Dyer

It is unconscionable of Obama to handle the sequestration threat the way he has - crippling our ability to readily strike Iran.

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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