Tel Aviv, Dec. 13 -- The joint exercise the Israeli Navy and the US Fifth Fleet "Intrinsic Defender" has been completed. The exercise was conducted over five days in the Mediterranean Sea, Haifa Bay, Nahariya and Red Sea regions.

The exercise was designed to strengthen and maintain the long-standing cooperation between the navies, expand and improve the response to maritime threat scenarios and conduct mutual operational learning, said the IDF (Israel Defense Forces).

During the exercise, operational capabilities were integrated and new technological capabilities were established, intended to expand the IDF's methods of operation.

As part of the cooperation between the Israeli Navy and the US Fifth Fleet, a variety of scenarios were pr...