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Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gabriella Shalev filed an official grievance with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council following Wednesday's seizure of the Francop arms vessel by the Israel Navy. Thursday's letter stated that the...
Tags: Israeli, Israel Navy, United States, united stated, Iran, Hezbollah, Francop, UN Security Council, israel filed
Ambassadors and diplomats from 44 countries, along with military attaches from 27 nations, were taken to a base in central Israel on Thursday evening to see for themselves the weapons and ammunition seized from the ship Francop in international waters...
Tags: Israeli, Israel Navy, Shiite Iran, Islamist Hezbollah, Lebanon Bookmark, ship carrying, U.N., arms embargo
The Israel Navy announced on Sunday that it conducted a successful test firing of the Barak anti-missile system, featuring an improved version of the missile that includes upgrades to its rocket interception capabilities. Launched in a vertical position,...
Tags: Barak, Israel Navy, test fired, barak anti
Jul/26/09 Follow Israel news briefs on and . (IsraelNN.com) For the first time, IDF soldiers will receive not only the left-center newspapers Yediot Acharonot and Maariv, but also the more nationalist Makor Rishon. After a long and protracted struggle...
Tags: Israeli, Israel Navy, Gaza, follow israel, Hamas
According to a port source, two Israeli warships made a crossing of the canal, headed from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, on Tuesday, AFP reported. One of the ships, the Hanit, had already crossed the canal both ways in June, in what the source said...
Tags: Israeli, Red Sea, Israel Navy, Egyptian, Mediterranean Sea, Iran, cross suez, IDF, arab source
Twenty-one human rights and solidarity workers, representing eleven different countries, set sail from Cyprus Monday morning for the Gaza Strip in yet another attempt to break the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory, the Free Gaza Group announced....
Tags: US-based Free Gaza Movement, U.S.-based Free Gaza Movement, IDF Prevents ‘Free Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israeli, Israel Archaeological Association, Israel Navy, Cyprus, activists sail
Diplomatic sources said Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ertuğrul Apakan and his Israeli counterpart, Yossi Gal, met in Ankara within the scope of regular negotiations held once every six months. The talks aimed to normalize relations between Turkey...
Tags: Ankara Esenbo, Israel Navy, Israeli, Turkey
OC Navy Admiral Eli Marom was reprimanded on Tuesday by IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi for attending a party at a Tel Aviv strip club on Monday night. Marom, a decorated veteran Navy commander, was spotted at the strip club and a...
Tags: Israel Navy, strip club, Eli Marom, Israeli, Eliezer Marom, Rear-Admiral Marom, navy chief, IDF, Gabi Ashkenazi, Israel Defence Forces
A terrorist was eliminated by an Israeli army unit as he neared the southern Gaza security fence near Ein Shlosha Thursday evening. Soldiers opened fire after the terrorist pulled out a hand grenade. As a result of the fire, the grenade detonated, killing...
Tags: Gaza Strip, Gazan, IDF, Shaul Mofaz, Israel Security Agency, Israel Navy, Israeli, minister ehud, defense minister, Ehud Barak
The Israeli Navy has intercepted an Iranian ship loaded with medicine, food and clothing destined for Gaza and forced the vessel to head toward an Egyptian port, Iran's state television reported today. Ahmad Navabi, head of the humanitarian aid group...
Tags: israel, gaza, iran, palestinians, war, Israel Navy, blockade, world, Gaza coast, Gaza Strip