In 2010, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the base to salute the commandos who took part in the Gaza flotilla raid.

[1] During the Operation Arrows of the North, Hezbollah claimed that its drone squadron successfully struck the Atlit base.

After the establishment of Shayetet 13, the research and planning division of the Weapons Development Authority , began a project based on sabotage boats that were manufactured in Italy and which were used to sink Emir Farooq.

The design was outsourced to the Orlight plant in Ness Ziona and in 1963 a molded fiberglass model was launched as a unified body and not composed of separate parts.

[6] Within the base stands Château Pèlerin, a medieval crusader fortress currently closed to the public.