Ep89. Operation Noa - From Gold Coins and stories from the Surface. Truths from Below.

A missile boat from Operation Noa now rests on the seabed in Eilat.

Howard Rosenstein knows it not as a headline, but as part of the underwater world he still returns to.

A gold coin changed his life. Years later came wrecks, reefs, the discovery of the Emir Farouk off Gaza, and the long transformation of Sinai from historic battleground to international diving destination.

Howard Rosenstein is a diving pioneer, entrepreneur, underwater photographer, and memoirist — and this episode moves through the strange afterlife of history beneath the surface.

From Operation Noa to coral reefs, from sunken warships to the building of something new, this is a story of memory, risk, and what remains after conflict.

Guest: Howard Rosenstein is a pioneering Red Sea diver, entrepreneur, memoirist, and firsthand witness to the early years of diving in Gaza, Sinai, and Eilat.

A podcast by: Mikael Hylin

Music: Anton Fossum-Hylin

Cover: AI generated from the article "Operation Noa: The Greatest Naval Heist You’ve Never Heard of" by Noa Lev, published December 21, 2025 on the Jewish website AISH.

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