{"id":5184,"date":"2026-03-29T10:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:19:37","slug":"irans-strike-on-port-of-eilat-shatters-netanyahus-scheme-to-bypass-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/irans-strike-on-port-of-eilat-shatters-netanyahus-scheme-to-bypass-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s strike on port of Eilat shatters Netanyahu\u2019s scheme to bypass Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s strike on Saturday targeted the Israeli port of Eilat, the beating heart of Israel\u2019s energy hub aspirations, and shattered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s scheme to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and circumvent Iran\u2019s leverage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tehran &#8211; IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"pt-1 mt-3\">\n<div class=\"n-c4q897 prosed\"><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">The Israeli regime\u2019s only access route to the Red Sea, the port of Eilat has in recent months transformed from a routine commercial center into a front line of economic and security warfare. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"n-c4q897 prosed\"><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">Under Israel\u2019s strategic plans, the port was envisioned as a bridge to transport millions of barrels of oil from Caspian Sea littoral states and Saudi Arabia to Europe. <\/span><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">Now, however, it has come under repeated attacks and has effectively ceased operations.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"n-c4q897 prosed\"><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">According to statistics, the Ashkelon\u2011Eilat pipeline, which had a capacity to carry 1.15 million barrels of crude oil per day, has lost its viability due to persistent insecurity and threats.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"n-c4q897 prosed\"><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">The ambitious plans of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to create a \u201cSaudi Arabia\u2011Israel energy corridor\u201d\u2014intended to deliver Saudi oil by land to Eilat and then onward to Mediterranean ports\u2014have reached a dead end following these developments.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"n-c4q897 prosed\"><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">Israel\u2019s Energy Minister, Eli Cohen, had previously touted the corridor as a way to bypass Iran and circumvent the Suez Canal, but regional resistance has now upended that equation.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"n-c4q897 prosed\"><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">After Iran\u2019s strike on Haifa port\u2014the heart of the Israeli regime\u2019s imports\u2014the regime sought to circumvent the insecurity of that port by bringing in needed goods through the South. Saturday&#8217;s attack, however, thwarted that plan.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"n-c4q897 prosed\"><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">Eilat was the sole route for importing automobiles and essential commodities from Asia; its shutdown has disrupted the supply chain in occupied Palestine.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid gap-y-1px mt-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pt-1 mt-3\">\n<div class=\"n-c4q897 prosed\"><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">Moreover, the threat to the Ashdod and Haifa refineries, which were supplied with crude oil from the Red Sea, has plunged Israel\u2019s domestic energy security into crisis.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s strike on Saturday targeted the Israeli port of Eilat, the beating heart of Israel\u2019s energy hub aspirations, and shattered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s scheme to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and circumvent Iran\u2019s leverage. Tehran &#8211; IranView24 The Israeli regime\u2019s only access route to the Red Sea, the port of Eilat has in recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,67,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-analysis-and-notes","category-analytical-news-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5186,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5184\/revisions\/5186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}