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Questions Grow Over Mysterious Boat Incident in Eilat Bay
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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First reported by Now 14 · Jun 22, 2026
What happened
A two-week-old maritime incident in the Gulf of Eilat is still unresolved, and military correspondent Shai Levy says the public may not be getting the full truth. Security officials are now considering that the craft may have been unmanned and used for intelligence gathering or testing Israeli defenses.
- 01Shai Levy says the security establishment may be withholding key facts about the Eilat incident.
- 02Navy forces fired on a vessel that crossed from Jordan and then returned to Jordan.
- 03The event was not reported in real time, and its details are still unclear after two weeks.
- 04Investigators now consider that the craft may have been unmanned and used for intelligence or explosives.
- 05Jordanian reports of a wounded rider were not confirmed in later checks.
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