From left: Israel Navy Commander Eli Sharvit, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot attend a naval commanders' graduation ceremony, August 1, 2018 (IDF spokesperson)
Times of Israel: Netanyahu warns that Israel will stop any Iranian attempt to close Red Sea
After Yemeni rebel attack on Saudi tankers, PM tells graduates of naval commanders' course a 'determined international coalition' would act against Tehran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran on Wednesday that Israel, together with an “international coalition,” would not allow the Islamic Republic to close a key regional waterway.
Speaking to graduates of the Israel Navy’s elite captains’ course at its naval training base in Haifa, Netanyahu said, “At the beginning of the week we witnessed a serious clash with Iran’s proxies who tried to obstruct international movement in the straits at the entrance to the Red Sea.”
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