One of Israel’s new Sa’ar 6 corvettes has been deployed to the Red Sea, where it’s anchored off the Israeli port of Eilat, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, Breaking Defense reports.
The announcement on Tuesday follows increased threats from the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthis, which the US says are supported by Iran, have vowed to attack any Israel-bound commercial ship transiting the Red Sea as part of their support for Hamas in Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7.
