i24NEWS aired exclusive footage of a vessel approaching an Israeli Navy ship in the Port of Eilat three weeks ago. A naval force fired at the vessel; it is unclear whether it was manned. According to an Israeli source, a suspect was detained by Jordanian authorities, but the nature and extent of his involvement remain unclear.
i24NEWS broadcast exclusive footage on Wednesday evening showing a vessel approaching an Israeli Navy ship in the Port of Eilat three weeks ago, before a naval force opened fire. Citing an Israeli source, the broadcaster reported that a suspect was detained by Jordanian authorities, but the nature and extent of his involvement remain unclear. The footage is the first visual evidence to emerge of the incident.
The new material matches the event first reported by military journalist Shay Levy on Mon 23:01 Jerusalem, when he revealed that a jet ski or unmanned vessel from Jordan had been struck and driven off by an Israeli Navy ship in the Gulf of Eilat about two weeks earlier. At the time, the IDF had not officially confirmed the incident. Later that same evening (Mon 23:01 Jerusalem), the IDF confirmed that the Navy had foiled a jet ski infiltration from Jordan near the Eilat hotel district, a disclosure that contradicted a Shin Bet denial of having concrete intelligence on the threat.
This latest footage, published by i24NEWS and attributed to an Israeli source, adds a visual dimension to the chain of events. As The Zioneer reported on June 22–23, the sequence began with an unconfirmed report from Shay Levy, followed by an IDF confirmation that contradicted Shin Bet's earlier position. The footage released Wednesday evening does not clarify whether the vessel was manned or unmanned, nor does it resolve the discrepancies between the Shin Bet's initial denial and the IDF's subsequent confirmation.
What remains open: the specific timeline of the suspect's detention in Jordan, the degree of his involvement, and whether the vessel was manned. The IDF has not issued a new statement in response to the footage, and the Shin Bet's earlier denial has not been publicly revisited.
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