The Israeli Navy conducted a major training exercise off the coast of Eilat in the Red Sea simulating several possible scenarios of terrorist attacks.

Some of the scenarios the navy has been prepared for include the hijacking of a civilian vessel by terrorists, the violation of Israeli waters and a terrorist attack on a navy ship, according to jns.org.

Israeli forces from various units took part in the exercise, including the naval commandos of the Israel Defense Forces, known as “Shayetet 13″.

During the exercise, the naval commandos were responsible for the extraction of hostages aboard a hijacked ship. A senior Israeli naval officer told reporters that the threat posed by the Islamic State terror group in the Sinai Peninsula, which also runs along the Red Sea, “was one of our considerations for holding this drill in this sector, but not the only consideration.”

Meanwhile, the Israeli Navy is building an underwater fence near Eilat’s Princess Hotel as well as the Israel-Egypt border’s Taba Crossing, in order to prevent terrorists from entering the country.