Two Israeli warships and a French vessel have left Port Said north of the Suez Canal after crossing the canal under heavy security

Two Israeli warships and a French vessel have left Port Said north of the Suez Canal after crossing the canal under heavy security, Egyptian al-Ahram newspaper said on Tuesday.

“It was routine, they were on their way to Eilat” where the Zionist entity has its Red Sea naval base, an Israeli security source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The Suez sailing supervisor Ahmad al-Manhali said that it took 14 hours for the two Israeli warships -- Lahav and Yafo -- and Imidisi, an accompanying French vessel, to cross the canal and arrive at Port Said in the north.

Israel dispatched two missile boats to the Red Sea last August after Iran deployed a submarine and a warship there on a patrol mission.