Israel Navy

After standoff, Katz approves Zamir's IDF air force, navy chief appointments

After months of delays, IDF Chief Eyal Zamir secures Defense Minister Katz’s approval for new air force and navy chiefs amid ongoing political tensions over military appointments.

 Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir. March 25, 2025.
A joint drill between the IDF’s elite Shayetet 13 navy commandos and US Army Special Forces

Shayetet 13 operation foiled Nasrallah’s Hezbollah maritime network run, IDF reveals

Israel Navy soldiers; illustrative.

Outbreak of contagious skin disease among naval officer cadets halts training, IDF confirms

 Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir. March 25, 2025.

Israel Katz approves IDF chief's appointments, holds off General Staff approvals amid public spat


Israel Navy arrests stowaway who set fire to Turkish ship in Haifa - watch

Fire on board cargo vessel believed to be criminal, not terror related

Israel Navy arrests stowaway who set fire to Turkish ship in Haifa

Israeli Navy inaugurates first Saar 6 corvette

The construction of the four Sa’ar 6 warships was agreed to in a 430 million euro deal between Israel and the German company ThyssenKrupp in 2015.

Israeli Navy inaugurates first Saar 6 corvette

Israeli navy to be equipped with worlds most advanced 3D radar

Sa'ar 6 corvettes to be equipped with world's most advanced radar. ELM-2248 MF-STARs Multi-Function Digital Radars systems can track multiple threats and targets simultaneously.

Navy in mock operation defending oil rigs in Israeli waters

IAI to provide Barak-8 Missile Defense System for navy’s new warships

The ships will protect strategic maritime assets.

The Barak-8 missile is launched during a test

Israel releases first pictures of underwater barrier with Gaza

200m barrier is expected to be finished by the end of the year.

A before (R) and after (L) of the sea barrier built by Israel, released August 5, 2018

In operational first, IDF destroys Hamas underwater terror tunnel

“We estimate that there may be more naval tunnels,” a senior officer said.

 IDF graphic shows Hamas naval tunnel destroyed Sunday June 3rd.

Israel's Navy trains for Hezbollah attack on offshore infrastructures

“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."

An Israeli soldier from the navy loads a machine gun as he takes part in a drill practicing the defense of Israel's borders, in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Ashdod, southern Israel November 14, 2017.

Amid rising tension with Iran, Israel to join largest int'l navy exercise

Taking place off of the coast of Hawaii, 26 nations will participate in the US-led Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) from June 27 to August 2nd.

Israeli navy exercises

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.

Israeli Navy on high alert over upgraded Hamas underwater terror threat

Hamas frogmen commando unit has grown in size since Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

Israeli's Navy patrols the sea near a natural gas rig