Editing Sa'ar 5-class corvette (section)

==Combat history==
On 14 July 2006 during the [[2006 Lebanon War]], INS ''Hanit'' was struck by a [[Hezbollah]]-fired [[YJ-83|C-802]] missile while patrolling 8.5 nm offshore of [[Beirut]]; the missile was Chinese-built with an upgraded [[Iran]]ian radar seeker. The missile hit the corvette's unstealthy crane near the rear helicopter pad; the explosion holed the pad, set fire to fuel storage, and killed four crewmembers. The fire was extinguished after four hours and ''Hanit'' returned to [[Port of Ashdod|Ashdod]] under its own power for three weeks of repairs.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Zakheim |first1=Dov S. |date=February 2012 |title=The United States Navy and Israeli Navy: Background, current issues, scenarios, and prospects |url=https://www.cna.org/cna_files/pdf/D0026727.A1.pdf |publisher=CNA |page=27-28 |id=COP D0026727.A1/Final |access-date= }}</ref>
[[File:Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Chief of Staff Visits Navy, Jan 2011 (2).jpg|thumb|left|[[Israeli Air Force|IAF]] [[Eurocopter AS565]], the type of helicopter used on the Sa'ar 5 class]]
The ship's [[radar]] system was not fully functional at the time, and both the ECM and the Barak anti-missile systems were in a two-minute stand-by mode. An officer ordered that the anti-missile defenses be switched off about an hour prior to the attack without notifying the captain. The decision took into account intelligence assessments that Hezbollah did not have the capability to hit Israeli warships. The partial sensor shutdowns were known by the officer responsible, but the captain was not informed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3325146,00.html |title=Report: Ship crew didn't realize missile threat |work=Ynetnews |last=Greenberg |first=Hanan |date=11 July 2006 |accessdate=17 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/785086.html|title=Missile attack on INS Spear: IDF probe faults navy, ship's crew|first=Amos |last=Harel |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=8 November 2006|accessdate=17 July 2015}}</ref>

In August 2009 INS ''Eilat'' and INS ''Hanit'' passed through the [[Suez Canal]] into the [[Red Sea]], along with a {{sclass|Dolphin|submarine}}. The move was seen as a possible warning to [[Iran]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=148627 |title=2 IDF warships cross Suez to Red Sea |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |first=Yaakov |last=Katz |date=14 July 2009 |accessdate=17 July 2015}}</ref>

On 31 May 2010 INS ''Lahav'' and INS ''Hanit'' participated in the [[Gaza flotilla raid]], meant to stop a convoy of ships from breaching the blockade of the [[Gaza Strip]], along with the [[Sa'ar 4-class missile boat|missile boat]] INS ''Nitzachon''.