Israeli Navy

Israeli Navy
Israeli Navy
חיל הים הישראלי‎
	Emblem of the Israeli Navy
Founded	1948
Country	Israel
Type	Navy
Size	7 corvettes (Sa'ar 5 class, Sa'ar 6 class); 8 missile boats (Sa'ar 4.5 class); 5 submarines (Dolphin class); 45 patrol boats; 4 support ships; 9,500 active; 10,000 reserve
Part of	Israel Defense Forces
Garrison/HQ	HaKirya, Tel Aviv, Israel
Motto(s)	Open Sea, Safe Coasts
Engagements	1948 Arab–Israeli War; War over Water; Six-Day War; War of Attrition; Yom Kippur War; 1982 Lebanon War; South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000); Second Intifada; 2006 Lebanon War; Blockade of the Gaza Strip; Gaza War (2008–2009); 2014 Gaza War; 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis; Gaza war; Spillover of the Gaza war in Syria; Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present)
Commanders
Commander of the Navy	Aluf David Saar Salama
Insignia
Ensign
Jack
Pennant

The Israeli Navy (Hebrew: חיל הים הישראלי‎, Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli, lit. '[The] Israeli Sea Corps'; Arabic: البحرية الإسرائيلية) is the naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea theater. The current commander-in-chief of the Israeli Navy is Major General David Saar Salama. The Israeli Navy is believed to be responsible for maintaining Israel's offshore nuclear second strike capability.^[2]

^ ^a ^b International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. p. 331. ISBN 978-1-03-250895-5.
^ Cirincione, Joseph; Wolfsthal, Jon B.; Rajkumar, Miriam (2005). Deadly arsenals: nuclear, biological, and chemical threats. Carnegie Endowment. pp. 263–4.