Israeli Navy

'A very strange event': Iran’s Hormuz mine threat may have begun as a bluff, former Navy chief says

In an interview on Arieh Eldad and Ron Kofman's 103FM program, Marom addressed reports of Iranian boats in the Persian Gulf and the security situation for residents in northern Israel. 

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026.
A vessel from the Global Sumud Flotilla, pictured April 12, 2026; illustrative.

Flotilla activists detained at Ashdod Port after Israeli Navy intercepts Gaza-bound vessels

A boat taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which aims to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, sets sail from a port in the southern Turkish resort of Marmaris, Turkey, May 14, 2026.

Last Gaza flotilla vessels intercepted by Israel Navy, land convoy faces Libyan forces

Boats taking part in a humanitarian flotilla depart for Gaza from Barcelona, Spain, April 12, 2026.

Global Sumud Flotilla to resume journey to Gaza after leaders detained, deported


French ambassador: 'Nothing stopping' Navy cadet exchange with Israel

"Nothing is stopping us from having a Navy cadet exchange program," said Ambassador Helene Le Gal on board French Navy’s third Mistral-class amphibious vessel, FNS Dixmude, while docked at Haifa.

A French warship Dixmude at Haifa port returning from five months at sea in the Far East

Israeli Navy stops Gaza flotilla attempting to breach naval blockade

This is the second time in the past two months that Palestinians from Gaza have sent a flotilla into the Mediterranean in an attempt to breach the naval blockade.

Activists aboard a flotilla to Gaza [file]

This week in 60 seconds: Netanyahu stresses Iran threat on Eurotrip

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Jerusalem Post News

First Israeli cadets complete new IDF-U.S. Navy exchange program

The two cadets in the IDF’s prestigious Naval Officers Course spent 18 weeks at the USNA, completely immersing themselves in the life on campus – sleeping, eating and learning with American cadets.

Members of the U.S. Naval Academy graduating class stand to be sworn in during their commissioning and graduation ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, May 25, 2018.

WATCH: Israel's Navy trains for offshore Hezbollah assault

The importance of the sea for Israel is very clear: everything in the country comes via the sea. Israel can never be in the position where its waters are not protected.

Israeli navy patrol vessels take part in a drill simulating the targeting of an infiltrated enemy vessel and the evacuation of a patrol boat, in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Ashdod, southern Israel November 8, 2016.

Israel navy names new Sa'ar 6 warships arriving from Germany

First of four ships expected to arrive in Israel from Germany by the end of 2019.

Israeli navy patrol vessels take part in a drill simulating the targeting of an infiltrated enemy vessel and the evacuation of a patrol boat, in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Ashdod, southern Israel November 8, 2016.

German shipyard starts work on state-of-the-art warships for Israel

The first of four corvettes are scheduled to arrive next year.

Israel Navy missile ship patrols near Tamar gas field‏

Hezbollah may use suicide ships in next war, former naval officer warns

Iran “is on the verge of reaching the Mediterranean, including the use of Syrian ports by the Iranian navy."

An Iranian naval ship travels through the Suez Canal near Ismailia, some 120 km (75 miles) north of Cairo February 22, 2011.

HMS Ocean docks in Haifa before joint drills

HMS Ocean is the flagship of the British Royal Navy as well as the flagship of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2

British Ambassador and Commodore James Morley

When Israeli intel, CIA caught mega-arms boat and changed history

Retired brigadier general Amos Gilboa reveals secret story of cooperation between Israeli intelligence and CIA in history-changing capture of Karin A mega-arms ship.

The Karine A in the Red Sea after the Israeli navy seized the ship carrying 50 tons of weapons and explosives