Images by the military showed Saar-class corvettes patrolling near Eilat port in the Red Sea, which Israel sees as a new front as its attacks on Gaza draw retaliation from pro-Hamas forces elsewhere in the region.
Israeli naval submarines, missile and patrol boats, manoeuvre during a welcoming ceremony to mark the arrival of the Saar-6 corvette, a warship dubbed "Shield", in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Haifa. / Photo: Reuters Archive
The Houthi movement said on Tuesday they had launched three drone and missile attacks towards Israel since the start of the recent war on October 7. It vowed there would be more such attacks to come"to help the Palestinians to victory". Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said on Tuesday the Houthi attacks were intolerable, but declined to elaborate when asked how Israel might respond.The Houthis are part of the Iran-aligned regional alliance hostile to Israel and the United States which includes Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran-backed militias in Iraq.
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