The CEO of the Israeli port of Eilat Gideon Golber said on Thursday that the port’s activity has declined by 85% since the Houthis in Yemen intensified their attacks on ships heading to Israel in the Red Sea.
The Houthi group says that it has escalated its attacks on ships heading to Israel to pressure the entry of aid to the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, after the occupation prevented its entry after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
The Houthis had also fired drones and missiles at Israel. The port of Eilat deals mainly with imports of cars and exports of potash coming from the Dead Sea, and it handles a small percentage of Israeli trade compared to the ports of Haifa and Ashdod on the Mediterranean.
But the port of Eilat is located next to Jordan's only coastal access point to the sea at Aqaba, and provides Israel with a gateway to the eastern world without the need to navigate the Suez Canal.
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