Israel Says It Tracked Down the Ship Linked to Recent Oil Spill
sanctions on Iran in 2018 after then-President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers.Ecological disasterThe oil spill blackened beaches up and down the Israeli coast, and clumps of sticky black tar have washed up on the shores of south Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, as well.Environmental groups are calling it an ecological disaster that could take years to clean up.Gamliel said the vessel was "owned and operated by a Libyan", without identifying a person or company.Libya's state-owned shipping firm, the General National Maritime Transport Company
Israel to Use Seaborne Missiles to Guard Gas Fields
the discovery of sizeable natural gas deposits off its Mediterranean coast. While the biggest fields are far from shore, the gas flows to platforms in shallower waters that can be seen from the southern Israeli coast, putting them in range of the kinds of rockets fired by militants in the Gaza Strip. Iron Dome batteries have proven capable of shooting down around 90 percent of Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza, according to Israel and the United States, which has helped bankroll the system. Until now Iron Dome had been a static system that was only fired from land. It has
Israeli Navy installs advanced underwater AquaShield detection system
a diver infiltrating the system are zero. The system is proven and constitutes a sea barrier for Israel,” the naval officer explained. The Israeli Navy is currently installing the system along Israel's northern sea border, and has already installed it along the sea border with the Gaza Strip, Israel Hayom has learned. AquaShield is essentially a sonar system built to detect divers and provide protection for vital infrastructure located at sea and on the coast, such as gas rigs and ports. Since the early days of Operation Protective Edge, when an amphibious attack