At about 4:30 am, three Israeli missile boats opened fire on Egyptian shore batteries, while paratroopers and commandos boarded helicopters and Nord Noratlas transport planes for an assault on Al-Tur, as Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin was convinced it was too risky to land them directly in Sharm el-Sheikh.

[3] However, the city had been largely abandoned the day before, and reports from air and naval forces finally convinced Rabin to divert the aircraft to Sharm el-Sheikh.

At 12:15 pm, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan announced that the Straits of Tiran constituted an international waterway open to all ships without restriction.

[6] The activity included salvage and refloating from the Saudi coast, towing to the Eilat Naval Base, shipping and repair to an operational condition.

[13] After days of surveillance far out to sea, Israeli Navy Shayetet 13 commandos seized the Iranian-owned and Panamanian-registered merchant vessel Klos C that had set sail from Iran, heading for Port Sudan via Iraq.

[14] On board, the commandos found long-range missiles suspected to be destined for the Gaza Strip concealed in containers full of Iranian bags marked as Portland cement.

[19] On 31 October an alert was triggered in Eilat, Eilot kibbutz and the Shahorit industrial park area regarding the penetration of hostile aircraft from the Red Sea.

[24] On 6 December 2023, the Houthi movement launched several ballistic missiles at Israeli military posts in Eilat including this base.

[25] By 21 December, the Port of Eilat, which gives Israel via the Red Sea its only easy shipping access to Asia without the need to transit the Suez Canal, had seen an 85% drop in activity due to the Houthi action.

[27] On 18 March, Yemeni Houthis launched a cruise missile that successfully struck Israel, reportedly hitting an open area north of Eilat.

[28] On 21 March, IDF also announced on the same day that it intercepted a "suspicious aerial target" approaching Israeli territory over the Red Sea.

The UAV, which came from the Red Sea, breached Israeli airspace and crossed into the area of the Gulf of Aqaba, setting off sirens in Eilat.

[30][31] On 3 June, the IDF's Arrow defense system intercepted a surface-to-air missile aimed at Eilat from the direction of the Red Sea.

[42] During the 2024 Iran-Israel conflict, the base was put at high alert and Shayetet 3 ships were stationed there, which neutralized some aerial threats during the April 2024 Iranian strikes on Israel.