Eilat: Timeline

1967   Egypt closes the Straits of Tiranto Israeli shipping, blockading Israel's Israel

Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia [i] on the so ... 

 southern port of Eilat.

1967   Egypt Egypt

[i] country in [[North Africa]... 

ian surface-to-surface missile sinks the Israel Israel

Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia [i] on the so ... 

i destroyer ''Eilat'', killing 47 Israeli sailors. Israel retaliates by shelling Egyptian refineries along the Suez Canal Suez Canal

The Suez Canal , west of the Sinai Peninsula [i], is a 163-km-long and, at its narrowest point, 300-m-w ... 

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1995   Eilat, Israel Israel

Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia [i] on the so ... 

, Egypt Egypt

[i] country in [[North Africa]... 

, and much of the North African Mediterranean is struck by the strongest earthquake in Israel's history - 7.2 mw. Curiously, within a week there is attempted historical revisionism downwards to 6.2 with Gulf of Aqaba architects and engineers holding the bag for alleged 'shoddy construction'. A 6.2 mw earthquake is only 1/32nd the magnitude of a 7.2 quake.