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New imported cars are seen at a parking lot in the Eilat port, Israel, on January 3, 2024. (Yehuda Ben Itach/Flash90)
July 17, 2025, 10:36 pm
Hurt by Houthi blockade, debt-ridden Eilat port seeks aid to help it stay afloat
Unless plea to Economy Ministry is heeded, southern port could shut down as soon as Sunday; activity has dived over 90% amid Iran-backed Yemeni rebels terrorizing Red Sea shipping
By Sharon Wrobel
Magen David Adom first responders search for people who fell overboard from a boat that overturned in Eilat on May 7, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
May 7, 2025, 10:14 pm
Man killed, 9 others injured after boat capsizes off coast of Eilat
Vessel takes sharp turn and flips over, flinging passengers into the sea; police probing whether accident due to negligence or technical malfunction
By ToI Staff
Ships in the Eilat port, Red Sea, on January 3, 2024. (Yehuda Ben Itach/Flash90)
March 20, 2024, 2:17 pm
Eilat Port to lay off half its staff due to Houthi attacks stymieing shipping trade
Histadrut Labor Federation says terminal’s administration notified its 120 workers that 60 would be fired, accuses managers of taking advantage of war
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A view of the oil leak in the Arava area of southern Israel, on December 9, 2014 (Environmental Protection Ministry)
November 2, 2021, 5:33 pm
State-owned company, 4 executives indicted over massive 2014 desert oil spill
Prosecutors blame the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company and its officials for ‘one of the biggest incidents of ecological damage the country has ever seen’
By ToI Staff
Israelis at a Red Sea beach close to the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's oil terminal in Eilat, southern Israel, February 10, 2021. (Menaham Kahana/AFP)
October 22, 2021, 12:33 pm
UAE says nixing pipeline agreement won’t damage ties with Israel
Contradicting company’s claim, senior official says deal to ship Gulf crude to Europe overland via Israel — opposed by environmentalists — has nothing to do with Emirati government
By Sue Surkes
This picture taken on February 10, 2021 shows marine life at a coral reef in the Red Sea waters off the coast of Israel's southern port city of Eilat. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 15, 2021, 2:04 pm
In Eilat, a deal to dock UAE oil tankers alongside fragile coral boils the water
Precious, world-renowned coral reefs are 200 meters from where oil from the Gulf is to be unloaded as part of a pipeline deal with the Emirates. Activists fear a pollution disaster
By Jonah Mandel
Taher Halef, a Jordanian, is convicted in an Israeli court for attempted murder and terrorism over an assault in Eilat in 2018, July 9, 2020. (Screenshot/Ynet news)
July 9, 2020, 6:38 pm
Jordanian convicted for attempted murder, terrorism over Eilat hammer assault
2 Israelis were seriously injured in 2018 attack by hammer-wielding Taher Halef, who will face 19 years in prison under a plea deal
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of the port of Eilat (Jorge Novominsky/Flash90)
December 21, 2018, 12:00 pm
Jordanian man indicted for attempted murder, terrorism in Eilat assault
2 Israelis were seriously injured by hammer-wielding Taher Halef, who had allegedly been seeking to carry out such an attack since 2008
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of the port of Eilat (Jorge Novominsky/Flash90)
December 17, 2018, 6:17 am
Security officials said to determine Eilat assault by Jordanian was terrorism
Prosecutors reportedly ready to file indictment claiming suspect wasn’t acting alone in November hammer attack at port, which left 2 Israelis seriously injured
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of the port of Eilat (Jorge Novominsky/Flash90)
November 30, 2018, 12:23 pm
Police suspect terrorism as Jordanian assaults 2 Israeli co-workers in Eilat
Shin Bet to question suspect over hammer attack at port, which left both victims seriously injured; second Jordanian man lightly hurt trying to restrain attacker
By ToI Staff and AP
An Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company oil terminal in Eilat. (CC BY 2.5/Pikiwikisrael)
August 8, 2016, 6:00 pm
Swiss court orders Israel to pay up for Iranian oil
Deal dates back to days of the shah and before the revolution, when Jerusalem and Tehran worked together to export oil to Europe
By ToI Staff
August 15, 2012, 2:06 pm
In sign of warming ties, Chinese warships dock in Haifa for first time
Months after Gantz toured China — the first IDF chief to visit the country since 1968 — China sends high-ranking officer and fleet to Israel for four-day goodwill trip
By Michal Shmulovich
Shipping containers at Haifa Port (photo credit: Yaakov Nahumi/Flash90)
February 27, 2012, 10:39 am
One-day port strike over
Ports reopen Sunday night; negotiations over work dispute to continue
By ToI Staff
Shipping containers at the Haifa port. (photo credit: Yaakov Nahumi/Flash90)
February 26, 2012, 3:10 am
Port workers go on open-ended strike
All import and export activities in Haifa, Ashdod and Eilat to cease Sunday morning
By Asher Zeiger
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