The presence of Israel’s naval forces in the Red Sea grows “in geometric progression”. This was stated by Vice Admiral and the former Commander of the ISRA of Israel, Eli Charwit in an interview with Associated Press.
Quicks resigned on September 2, having spent five years (since 2016) commander of the entire Israeli navy. The cause of a significant strengthening of Israel’s sea power of Israel sees the growing military threats from the outside. First of all, this challenges to Israeli navigation, which cast such radical groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as the rival State Tel Aviv – Iran.
“The state of Israel will protect their freedom of shipping worldwide. This is not related to the distance from the country,” said Sharvit. He noted that from the north of Hezbollah militants aim to the Gas Platforms of Israel, which provide 75% of energy consumption in the country. At the same time, Iran continues to supply weapons to militants and create threats to Israeli navigation.
Previously, the Israeli Defense Minister Beni Gansse announced that after two or three months Iran will produce a fairly active substance to get a nuclear bomb. According to Ganz, if Tehran achieves his, the nuclear weapons race will begin in the Middle East. The Israeli Minister called on the international community in the face of the United States, Russia, China and Europe to provide political and economic pressure on Iran.
On July 30, 2021, it became known about the deadly attack of one or more drone-kamikadze on the Israeli Mercer Street tanker. The incident occurred off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea. As a result of the attack, a citizen of Romania and a citizen of Great Britain died. Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States accused Iran’s attack. In Tehran, deny its involvement.