© ReutersAn Iranian warship and speed boats take part in a naval war game in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, southern Iran on April 22, 2010.
The Israeli Navy will be tracking the two warships as they cross the Suez Canal for the Mediterranean Sea, according to defense officials.
Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a statement that it had alerted "friendly nations" about the warships, Reuters reports.
Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says that "Israel cannot ignore these provocations," according to ynetnews.com.
"Unfortunately, the international community is not ready to deal with Iran's repeated provocations," Lieberman said, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Lieberman added that the warships were "a provocation that proves Iran's nerve and self-esteem is growing from day to day."
The Egyptian body that runs the Suez Canal denied the claim.
Ahmed el-Manakhli, head of the canal operations room, said warships must get permission 48 hours before crossing, and "so far, we have not been notified."
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an e-mailed statement that "Israel is closely following the movements of the Iranian ships and has updated friendly states on the issue. Israel will continue to follow the ships movements."
Meanwhile, Iran has announced plans to deploy warships near Israel and dock at a Syrian port for a year, IsraelNationalNews.com reports.
A senior Israeli official tells the site that "Israel will know how to deal with it."
Intelligence officials believe that the Iranian warships might be involved in supplying radical Islamic groups in Yemen with weapons, according to UPI.com.
In Washington, the Pentagon declined to comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
The following article carried by PressTV would seem to confirm the potential passage of the two Iranian vessels through the Suez. However, there is no name given for the Navy official who confirms this, and that always makes me a little suspicious when we are told, "Unknown official say's _________ (fill in the blanks)". This is usually a tactic the West uses to catapult propaganda, maybe this is a litmus test by the Iranians to see how the Israeli's may react with he new reality in Egypt, kind like saying "Well were more likely to move our ships through the Suez now that Mubarak is gone, so how are you (Zionists psychopaths) going to react to this?"
[Link]"An Iranian Navy official has confirmed reports that two Iranian warships are to cross the Suez Canal, a strategic international shipping route in Egypt.
According to the official, the vessels are on their way to the Suez Canal.
He said that the Iranian officials were in contact with officials in Cairo to secure the Iranian vessels' passage, adding that Egyptian authorities believed there was nothing wrong with the passage."