The proposed route map for the canal includes the central Gaza Strip. It will start in Gaza and join the Gulf of Aqaba.

The tentatively named Ben-Gurion Canal will traverse the Negev Desert and the south end of the Gulf of Aqaba and connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.

An ambitious plan to build a huge 160-mile canal would bypass the Suez Canal and challenge Egypt's monopoly of the ...

A decades-old plan, a Suez Canal alternative for larger boats, is a bit held up by Israel’s drive to get Gaza terrorist-free. There’s always something. This Canal can be finished in five years, but ...

The beginning of 2025 finds Israel now in a direct fight with the Houthis, exchanging aerial bombardments, missiles and drone ...

Political officials in Jerusalem have voiced concern over Egypt’s unprecedented military buildup, including the construction of tunnels and bridges over the Suez Canal. These developments, they warn, ...

Houthi attacks on shipping fell by 44% over the second half of 2024 as vessels rerouted via the Cape of Good Hope. The first ...

As a result of this armed conflict, Egypt has suffered a huge financial loss as its earnings from the Suez Canal have fallen by 60 percent. The loss is gauged at around $ 7 billion to Egypt. Currently ...

Egypt’s Suez Canal has seen its revenues nosedive by more than 60 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, amounting to ...

As officials caution that ballistic missile and drone attacks from Yemen are likely to persist, Jerusalem is indicating that ...

Events in the Red Sea and regional challenges cost Egypt around $7 billion in revenues from the Suez Canal in 2024, Egyptian ...