The Maritime Dimension to the Conflict in Israel

Published on December 1, 2023



On July 15, 2006, during the opening days of the last major conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, four Israeli sailors were killed in a surprise attack. This attack, though, didn’t come over a border fence or through attack tunnels. Instead, Hezbollah struck an Israeli Sa’ar 5 class corvette, INS Hanit, with two anti-ship cruise missiles. At the time, Hanit was acting as the Israeli flagship and sailing about 10 miles off the coast of Southern Lebanon. The attack shocked Israeli forces because it challenged their assumption that they maintained complete control of the maritime environment around Israel.

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