Eilat

The “Islamic Resistance in Iraq,” an association of Iran-affiliated jihadist entities in the country, claimed responsibility on Monday for a reported drone strike on Eilat, Israel, that hit a naval building.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella organization of Iran-backed Shiite militia groups in Iraq, claimed responsibility on Monday for attacking Israel’s Red Sea port city of Eilat.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday a long-range rocket fired by Hamas terrorists at the southern city of Eilat was intercepted by the Arrow air defense system, a new anti-missile system designed to be more effective against long-range, high-altitude threats than the venerable U.S.-made Patriot system.

EILAT – Miss USA Elle Smith, who reached the top 10 on Monday’s Miss Universe pageant in Eilat, called Israel “wonderful” and vowed to be back.

EILAT, ISRAEL – Former Miss Israel and former Miss Iraq made a cameo at this year’s Miss Universe pageant in the southern Israeli town of Eilat, and spoke about the huge impact an impromptu selfie of the two had when they participated in the global beauty contest in 2017, including death threats and speeches at the United Nations.

EILAT, ISRAEL – Miss Universe’s Israeli producers said they tried to persuade the American organizers of the contest, which this year takes place in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, to cancel the controversial swimsuit round and replace it with activewear.

EILAT, ISRAEL – The security to access the port in the southern Israeli city of Eilat is so tight on Thursday, one would be forgiven for mistaking it for the site of a U.N. summit of world leaders, not the location of the 70th annual Miss Universe pageant.

The French prime minister’s nephew was among three tourists stabbed repeatedly by a gang of men in the southern seaside resort of Eilat last week.

The Jerusalem Post reports: Saudi Arabia should lead a delegation to Israel as part of a triangular initiative that would help jump-start the frozen peace process, former US envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross said.

During the second day of President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel on Tuesday, a rocket was fired at the Jewish state from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

Visiting Eilat on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel will not tolerate any cross border violence.

Hamas has offered Waliyat Sinai, the Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate, to release some senior jihadi militants it has detained in exchange for facilitating the passage of Gaza-bound weapons shipments it has held up, according to a top Hamas source.

Hamas on Wednesday raised its readiness level in the wake of four rockets fired on Israel from the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, as well as claims that the Israel Air Force struck a cross-border tunnel between Egypt and Gaza, killing two.

An attack that saw four rockets fired into southern Israel from the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday night was reportedly claimed by an Islamic State-affiliated terror group.

TEL AVIV — Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defense system successfully intercepted three rockets fired from Egypt’s Sinai toward the southern resort town of Eilat on Wednesday night.  A fourth rocket landed in an open area, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

TEL AVIV – Residents of northern Israel felt the effects of a 3.6-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Lebanon overnight Sunday.

TEL AVIV – Israeli vacationers were given blue wristbands differentiating them from other guests at a five-star resort in Rhodes, Greece, Israel’s Channel 10 reported on Sunday.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Monday defended a program that brings Jordanian day workers into its tourism industry against criticism in Jordan from those who oppose normalizing ties with the Jewish State.

Israel has authorised another 500 Jordanians to work in hotels in its Red Sea resort of Eilat to make up for a domestic labour shortage, the tourism ministry said Monday. “The need for workers in the hotel industry is growing

JERUSALEM – Two Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem were charged on Monday with planning an attack on security forces in the city under the banner of the Islamic State. The Jerusalem State Attorney’s Office filed the indictment against Mu’asab Alian, 23, and Samir Abd Rabo, 38, who face charges including, conspiracy to aid an enemy in time of war, membership in a terrorist organization and contact with a foreign agent.

TEL AVIV – It is only a matter of time before the Islamic State’s branch in the Egyptian Sinai carries out a “big operation” in the Israeli resort town of Eilat and other parts of southern Israel, a leading Islamic State-allied militant claimed in an exclusive interview.

One month ahead of its scheduled start date, Israel began to build a new security security fence on its eastern border with Jordan on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced after a cabinet meeting.

Due to the increasing threat coming from rocket strikes from both the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, Israel has decided to harness planes bound for its resort city of Eilat with anti-missile defensive systems.