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Immediate death Gulf of Aqaba underwater brine pools may explain origin of life on Earth

The brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba are up to ten times saltier than seawater and lack oxygen, causing marine creatures that enter to be anesthetized or die.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View on the Aqaba gulf and coral reefs near Eilat, Israel.
IDF troops operate in the West Bank, November 9, 2024.

IDF kills terrorist in West Bank counterterrorism operation

The IDF troops also located and confiscated ‘Carlo’ type weapons, ammunition, and combat equipment, which have been transferred for further handling.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gilad Erdan, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss recent developments at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US, January 5, 2023.

Israeli vigilante settlers must be held to account – US

It’s the second time this month the UAE has called for the UNSC to meet on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, OMRI NAHMIAS
Members of the Jordanian Gendarmerie stand outside a hospital after toxic gas leak from a storage tank in Jordan's Aqaba port

12 dead, 251 injured in toxic gas leak at Jordan's Aqaba port

Specialized teams are still dealing with the leak, the Civil Defence service said on its Facebook page. Evacuation planes were being sent into Aqaba, state television said.

|ByREUTERS

Israel to vaccinate, allow entry to Jordanian laborers for Passover - N12

A week after the second dose of their vaccines, laborers will be allowed to return to Jordan and reenter Israel on a daily basis.

MARCH 9, 2021
A general view of the pool at the Royal Beach Hotel in Eilat, Israel, June 12, 2018

Eilat beach evacuated after infiltration from Jordan

Israel Police announced that it was deployed and on alert in Eilat due to a suspected security incident.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Suspected infiltration along Eilat beach, September 2020

4.3 magnitude earthquake felt in Eilat

The Geological Survey of Israel's Seismology Division reported the epicenter of the earthquake as being located south of Eilat in the Red Sea.

APRIL 5, 2020
A seismograph records volcanic activity in Indonesia's North Sumatra province Sept. 2010

Jordan's King Abdullah II does his part in cleaning up the Red Sea

Towards the end of the video you can see the king saving the life of a sea turtle entangled by a rope, which is chaining the turtle to a rock on the seafloor.

FEBRUARY 17, 2020
People are seen as the sun sets over a beach in the Aqaba Gulf on the Red Sea, south of Amman