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Houthi gains at Bab el-Mandeb expose Israel’s unresolved Eilat shipping crisis – analysis

by | Sep 17, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

Ships by the Eilat port, Red Sea, on January 03, 2024. (photo credit: Yehuda Ben Itach/Flash90)
Even before the threat to Saudi oil routes, the Houthis had already registered a significant strategic achievement against Israel by disrupting regular commercial shipping to the Port of Eilat.