US EditionIsrael’s Eilat Port to Close over Unpaid Debts, Houthi Blockade
SOUTH DISTRICT, ISRAEL, JUL 16 – The port faces permanent closure after nearly 80% revenue loss due to a naval blockade and repeated missile and drone attacks by Yemen's Houthi movement, officials said.
- The Port of Eilat, located at Israel’s southern tip on the Red Sea, is scheduled to permanently close on July 20, 2025.
- This closure follows mounting debts caused by a drastic revenue drop due to a Houthi naval blockade and repeated drone attacks since late 2023.
- Eilat's income fell nearly 80 percent to 42 million shekels in 2024 amid a standstill in shipments linked to the Gaza war outbreak.
- The Houthis described their dual drone strike on Eilat port and a Negev military site as a 'successful simultaneous operation' that raised regional security risks.
- The closure threatens Israeli Navy logistics in the Red Sea and highlights vulnerabilities amid heightened tensions, while officials seek emergency solutions to keep Eilat open.
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Israel’s Eilat port to close over unpaid debts, Houthi blockade
Israel’s Eilat port will halt operations from Sunday after failing to pay its debts, following a steep drop in revenue caused by Yemen’s Houthi blockade in the Red Sea. Eilat municipality had frozen the port's bank accounts of about 10 million shekels ($3 million) in unpaid taxes. It had accumulated as revenues collapsed amid Houthi attacks on ships linked to Israel. With shipping diverted to the Mediterranean ports of Ashdod and Haifa, Eilat's …
Israel will lose its only port in the Red Sea this Sunday July 20. It is Eilat, a strategic facility that has been completely paralyzed by the naval blockade imposed from Yemen and by an internal financial crisis that led to the seizure of its bank accounts. READ ALSO: Israel bombards the only Catholic church in Gaza: 4 dead and 7 wounded The Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (known as the Houthis) imposed restrictions on maritime traffic since the en…
Houthi victory: Eilat Port permanently shut after blockade, attacks
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