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With Eye on Iran, Israel Steps Up Naval Presence in Red Sea

(AP-Washington Post) Josef Federman - Israel's navy has stepped up its activities in the Red Sea "exponentially" in the face of growing Iranian threats to Israeli shipping, Vice Adm. Eli Sharvit, who just retired as navy commander, said in an interview. "We have increased our presence in the Red Sea most significantly," Sharvit said. "We are operating there continuously with main ships, that is to say missile frigates and submarines. What in the past was for relatively short periods of time is now done continuously." "If there were an attack on Israeli shipping lanes or Israeli freedom of navigation, Israel would have to respond." That has not yet happened. The cargo ships believed to have been targeted by Iran in the Persian Gulf had Israeli connections but were owned and operated by businesses based elsewhere. He said such attacks merit an international response.
2021-09-20 00:00:00
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