Israeli Navy is the naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea theater.
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13 Facts About Israeli Navy
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The Israeli Navy is believed to be responsible for maintaining Israel's offshore nuclear second strike capability.
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Origins of the Israeli Navy lay in the founding of the Betar Naval Academy, a Jewish naval training school established in Civitavecchia, Italy, in 1934 by the Revisionist Zionist movement under the direction of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, The Academy trained cadets from all over Europe, Palestine and South Africa and produced some of the future commanders of the Israeli Navy.
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At the outset of the 1948 war and with the founding of the IDF, the Israeli Navy consisted of four former Aliyah Bet ships impounded in Haifa harbor.
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The Israeli Navy engaged the Egyptian Navy at sea during Operation Yoav, and the Egyptian Navy's flagship, Emir Farouk, was sunk in an operation by Israeli naval commandos.
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Israeli Navy suffered from a lack of professional command during its early days.
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The early days of the Israeli Navy were therefore characterized by political infighting, as many groups and individuals jockeyed for power.
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Surprise attack on the Israeli navy's flagship INS Hanit by an onshore Hezbollah battery was a turning point for naval doctrine and operations.
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On 26 August 2021, Israel Shipyards announced that the Israeli Navy has signed an agreement with it for the design and supply of a new class of missile boats based on Israel Shipyards' Sa'ar 72-class corvette that would replace its Sa'ar 4.
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Israel Shipyards would construct a large dry dock which would enable it to outfit these new corvettes with various Israeli Navy-made systems, as well as to service and maintain the corvettes in addition to Dolphin submarines.
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Israeli Navy said that their design was expected to be complete in about two years, and the first ship would likely take another two to four years to construct.
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Sleeve rank of Israeli Navy Commander-in-Chief is a rank of honor.
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However the de facto rank of Israeli Navy Commander-in-Chief is Rear Admiral and the gesture given to the navy is ceremonial only when meeting foreign commanding officers.
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