Israel continues to try to frame the attack on vessels in the Al-Hodaydah Bay area as a global problem, even after the Houthi rebels attacked a Norwegian vessel that was supposed to anchor on Israeli shores as well.
Hamas naval force operatives who were eliminated, photo: IDF Spokesperson
Despite the fact that the Houthis have already launched hundreds of kilograms of surface-to-surface missiles at Israel several times, and despite the fact that they continue to threaten that they will hit any vessel that reaches Israel, the Israeli defense establishment prefers that a multinational force be established to solve the problem, since the claim is that not only Israel is harmed as a result of Houthi terrorism, but many other countries. And in fact world trade as a whole.
The Israeli defense establishment notes that in the past there were pirates in the area who threatened freedom of navigation, and note that the one who solved the problem was a similar force, even if it took time. One can understand the Israeli approach, which does not want to open another front and prefers to leave the issue to the international arena, but it seems that if the Houthis intensify their action against Israel specifically, it is not certain that Israel will be able to continue trying to distance itself from the event.
Completion of the Sa'ar 6 missile boats, photo: IDF Spokesperson
Meanwhile, the IDF announced today that the Israeli Navy has completed the process of carrying out the four new Sa'ar 6 warships, and for the first time a missile ship of this type has sailed to the Red Sea area. Since the beginning of the fighting in the Gaza Strip, the missile boat flotilla and the regular security companies have attacked hundreds of targets in support of the maneuvering forces. The IAF forces eliminated terrorists, including dozens of operatives in Hamas' naval system, as well as most of the heads of the command of the division that specializes in carrying out attacks along the naval route.
The IDF reports that the Israeli Navy has succeeded in thwarting a number of unmanned diving vessels launched by Hamas at Israel, which are intended to damage strategic assets of the State of Israel at sea and on its shores. These are tools that can be remotely driven or GPS-oriented, and carry tens of kilograms of explosives, when, as is well known, underwater the force of an explosion is seven times that of an explosion outside the water.
A Sa'ar 6 ship sailing in the Red Sea area, Photo: IDF Spokesperson
The IDF notes that Hamas had in its possession a quantity of unmanned submarine vehicles found by the forces on the ground. However, despite the preventive measures and the seizure of tools, the threat still exists, and the assumption is that Hamas is still returning such tools.
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