The management of the port of Eilat, in southern Israel, has announced that it plans to lay off half of its 120 employees and protests are planned. Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden continue for the fifth month in a row.
He Eilat Portin southern Israel, plans to lay off half of its employees due to the lack of activity resulting from the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea that have affected the commercial routes of global maritime traffic, the Federation of Israeli Trade Unions has said announced.
Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden continue for the fifth month in a row. During that period, more than seventy incidents occurred in the region, including the sinking of the cargo ship. MV Rubymar last March 2.
Histadrutwhich brings together hundreds of thousands of workers, has reported that the port management has announced that it plans to lay off half of its 120 employees and that protests are planned, according to Israeli media.
Located at the northern end of the Red Sea, Eilat was one of the first ports hit when shipping companies diverted ships to avoid Houthi attacks in Yemen.
In January, Eilat Port Director Gideon Golber said activity had been reduced to virtually zero as they had received no receipts no ship since the end of Octoberwhen the Houthi attacks began, in solidarity with Gaza.
Eilat, which mainly handles the import of cars and the export of potash from the Dead Sea, is a very small port compared to Israeli ports on the Mediterranean. Haifa and Ashdodwho handle almost all of the Zionist state’s trade.
But Eilat, which is next to Aqaba, Jordan’s only coastal access point, offers Israel a gateway to Asia without having to navigate the Suez Canal.
In recent months, the Houthi rebels have launched dozens of long-range missiles into Israeli territory, in addition to attacks on several Western commercial ships and even the US warship. USS Carney in the Red Sea. The Yemenis also seized a ship transiting the Red Sea in November and diverted it to a Yemeni port.
The naval operations of the European Union and the United States They continue to regularly shoot down missiles and drones launched from Yemen, but so far they have not made a dent in the ability to continue carrying out these attacks.
Source: EITB
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