2024 in Israel

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Events of the year 2024 in Israel.

Incumbents

• President of Israel – Isaac Herzog
• Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu
• President of the Supreme Court – Uzi Vogelman
• Chief of General Staff – Herzi Halevi
• Government of Israel – Thirty-seventh government of Israel

Ongoing

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict

Events

January

• 1 January –
  • Hamas fires a barrage of at least 27 rockets shortly after midnight at cities and towns in central and southern Israel.
  • The Supreme Court of Israel strikes down the reasonableness limitation law, part of the government's contentious judicial reform, for the first time in the country's history annulling one of the country's quasi-constitutional Basic Laws in a controversial decision splitting the court 8-7.
• 2 January – Israel conducts an airstrike in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, resulting in the assassination of Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of the Hamas political bureau.
• 3 January – The Supreme Court delays the implementation of an amendment to a Basic Law that would protect the prime minister from being forced to recuse himself if ordered to do so by the attorney general or the Supreme Court, by postponing implementation until after the next Knesset is elected, so that it does not apply retroactively to incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for several charges of corruption.
• 7 January – An Arab Israeli man is killed and a woman is critically injured by a Palestinian gunman north of Jerusalem.
• 8 January – Wissam al-Tawil, the deputy commander of Hezbollah's Redwan Force, in Majdel Selm, Lebanon is killed in a presumed Israeli airstrike.
• 9 January – Hezbollah launches a drone attack on the Northern Command headquarters in Safed, marking its deepest incursion into Israeli territory since the outbreak of hostilities. In retaliation, Israel kills Ali Hussein Barji, a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for dozens of explosive drone attacks on northern Israel in recent months.
• 11 January – South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention): A two-day public hearing begins at the Peace Palace in The Hague regarding alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and international law in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
• 14 January –
  • Approximately 120,000 people attend the start of a 24-hour rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square to mark 100 days since the hostages were kidnapped into Gaza during the Hamas-led attack in southern Israel on October 7.
  • An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank guided missile which penetrated their home in Yuval in the Galilee near the Israel-Lebanon border.
• 15 January – A woman is killed and 17 are severely injured in a stabbing and vehicle ramming attack in Ra'anana by two Palestinian illegal workers from Hebron.
• 22 January – In the single deadliest incident for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) since the start of Israel's ground offensive in Gaza, twenty-one Israeli soldiers were killed when they came under attack in the southern Gaza Strip, triggering a blast that collapsed two buildings with soldiers inside them.
• 26 January – In the case brought by South Africa, the International Court of Justice issues a preliminary order calling on Israel to "take all measures within its power" to prevent genocide and prevent and punish incitement to genocide in Gaza and allow in more humanitarian aid, while taking more measures to protect Palestinians and to report back in one month, but is not required to end military operations.
• 31 January – Yuval Freilich wins the men's gold medal in fencing in Qatar, a country that does not have ties with Israel, while wearing a shirt with the words "Am Yisrael Chai" (the people of Israel live) embossed in Hebrew on the Israeli flag.

February

• 1 February – U.S. President Joe Biden signs an executive order imposing sanctions on four Israeli settlers in the West Bank who are implicated in acts of violence against Palestinians in the region.
• 3 February – Sharon Kantor wins the gold medal at the iQFOiL World Championships in the Canary Islands, securing her spot on the Israeli team to the 2024 Paris Olympics, while team-mate Katy Spychakov wins the bronze medal.
• 4 February – Most of Israel experiences 14 continuous days of rainfall for the first time in 30 years, raising the water level of the Sea of Galilee by 26 centimeters (10.2 inches).
• 6 February – Argentinian President Javier Milei makes his first overseas state visit to Israel to express support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza and announces that he will move Argentina’s embassy to Jerusalem.
• 10 February – The IDF announces that it discovered a Hamas data center under UNRWA's Gaza Strip headquarters.
• 11 February – Hamas announces the death of two Israeli hostages and says that eight others have been seriously injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 96 hours.
• 12 February – Israeli special forces conduct a raid on a building in Rafah in southern Gaza, rescuing two Israeli-Argentinian who were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on 7 October by Hamas.
• 14 February –
  • The Hostages and Missing Families Forum files a complaint of war crimes against the leadership of Hamas at the International Criminal Court.
  • A rocket attack from Lebanon kills one civilian and injures eight others in Safed. Several rockets also hit the headquarters of the IDF's Northern Command.
• 16 February – 2024 Kiryat Malakhi attack, 2024 Re'em Junction shooting
  • Two people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a bus station near Kiryat Malachi. The perpetrator is killed by an off-duty IDF reservist.
• 18 February –
  • The Cabinet of Israel adopts a resolution opposing unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, following comments from France and the United Kingdom that they were considering such a move.
  • Channel 12 reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will restrict Palestinian citizens of Israel's access to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan due to security concerns.
• 19 February – Foreign Minister Israel Katz says that Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is persona non grata in Israel until he retracts his comments likening the war between Israel and Hamas to the Holocaust.
• 22 February – One Israeli is killed and 10 others severely injured in a shooting attack by three Palestinians near Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank.
• 23 February – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declares that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law, overturning a policy instated under former U.S. President Donald Trump.
• 25 February – Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr, Syria.
• 26 February – The Israeli Air Force announces the establishment of a new department focused on monitoring the Iranian Armed Forces.
• 27 February – Municipal elections, originally scheduled for October 2023, take place amidst the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.

March

• 19 March – Israel announces the death of senior Hamas military leader Marwan Issa, following an airstrike on a tunnel complex the previous week, making him the highest ranking Hamas official killed in the war yet.
• 21 March – The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches drone attacks on Kiryat Shmona Airport and Ben Gurion Airport.
• 25 March – The UN Security Council passes resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, from which the US abstains.
• 26 March –
  • The IDF bombs Syria, killing one Quds Force officer and 15 other militants.
  • Israeli warplanes launch airstrikes against Hezbollah targets near the towns of Ras Baalbek and Hermel in Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon, killing at least three Hezbollah members.
• 28 March – The International Court of Justice, in a unanimous decision, orders Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip unimpeded, warning that famine is already occurring.
• 29 March – An Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport kills 36 Syrian soldiers and six Hezbollah fighters. The incident marks the deadliest Israeli attack on Syria since 2021.

April

• 1 April –
  • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches three drones at Eilat, damaging a building, but not causing injuries.
  • 2024 Iranian consulate airstrike in Damascus: An Israeli airstrike targeting the Iranian embassy in Damascus kills eight members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including brigadier general Mohammad Reza Zahedi.
  • The Israeli government says that it will ban Al Jazeera from broadcasting in its territory.
• 7 April – Siege of Khan Yunis: Israel withdraws all ground forces from the southern Gaza Strip, including Khan Yunis, leaving just one IDF

brigade, the 933rd Nahal Brigade, remaining in the enclave.

• 8 April – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders an invasion of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip with a date "being set" for the ground offensive.
• 10 April – An Israeli airstrike kills three sons of Hamas Chairman Ismail Haniyeh.
• 11 April – US President Joe Biden says that Iran is threatening to launch a significant attack against Israel and promises Israel US support.
• 12 April –
  • Israel prepares for a direct attack from Iran on southern or northern Israel as soon as the next 24 to 48 hours. A person briefed by the Iranian leadership says that while plans to attack are being discussed, no final decision has been made.
  • The United States restricts travel for its embassy personnel in Israel amid fears of an attack by Iran.
  • The British government advises against all travel to Israel and Palestinian territories due to the imminent threat of an Iranian attack.
  • Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets into northern Israel. The militant group says that the missile barrage targeted IDF artillery positions. No casualties are reported.
• 13 April –
  • U.S. naval ships mobilize to the Middle East to protect Israel against incoming missiles.
  • United States intelligence reports Iran moving drones and missiles internally ahead of a potential attack.
  • Australian airline Qantas pauses its non-stop Perth-London route due to expected Iranian attack against Israel.
  • Iranian seizure of the MSC Aries: Iran seizes the MSC Aries, a Portuguese-registered, Madeira-flagged container ship owned by Zodiac Maritime of Israeli Eyal Ofer.
  • Killing of Benjamin Achimeir: The body of Israeli teenager Benjamin Achimeir is found in the West Bank a day after he went missing, sparking clashes between settlers and Palestinians.
  • 2024 Iranian strikes in Israel: Iran and other militant groups launch between 400 and 500 drones and cruise missiles at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen. in response to the attack on its consulate in Damascus.
• 16 April –
  • A mob of Israeli settlers in Aqraba kill two Palestinians in revenge for the murder of Benjamin Achimeir amid escalating ethnoreligious violence in the West Bank.
  • The IDF conducts an airstrike and assassinates Ismail Yusuf Baz, the commander of Hezbollah's coastal sector in Lebanon.
• 19 April –
  • Missiles believed to be fired by the IDF allegedly hit sites near the Iranian city of Isfahan, sites in Iraq and radar sites in Syria.
  • The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia tells its citizens to leave Israel, citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks.
• 22 April –
  • The head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Aharon Haliva, resigns for failing to prevent the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
  • Israeli troops and tanks re-enter Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip after abruptly withdrawing from the city earlier in the monthmonth.
• 23 April – An Israeli Air Force airstrike kills two people and injures six others in Hanine.
• 24 April –
  • US President Joe Biden signs a 1$ billion military aid package supporting Israel and Ukraine.
• 26 April –
  • An 18-year-old woman is injured after being stabbed by an attacker in Ramla.
  • Thirty rabbis and peace activists from the United States and Israel were arrested near the Gaza border protesting to bring awareness to starvation in Gaza.
• 30 April – An Israeli police officer is injured in a stabbing by a Turkish national in the Old City of Jerusalem. The assailant is shot and killed by other responding officers at the scene.

May

• 1 May – Following American pressure, Israel reopens the Erez Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
• 2 May –
  • Turkey suspends all trade with Israel in response to their conduct in the war in Gaza, after previously suspending exports in a limited category of goods in April.
  • Several people are injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, the first since the attack on the Iranian consulate in April.
• 5 May –
  • Ten Israeli civilians are injured after Hamas launches a rocket barrage at the Kerem Shalom border crossing.
  • Al Jazeera goes off the air in Israel after the government announces a decision to shut the broadcaster’s operations following a long-running feud with the network.
  • Israeli air raids in Meiss Ej Jabal, Lebanon, cause "massive destruction" according to a Lebanese state-run agency, killing four civilians and injuring three others. In response, Hezbollah fires dozens of Katyusha and Falaq rockets towards Kiryat Shmona.
  • Hamas announces the end of ceasefire talks in Cairo, Egypt, while Israel vows to continue its military operations.
• 6 May –
  • Israel tells Gazans to evacuate part of Rafah ahead of a planned ground offensive.
  • Hamas states that it has accepted the ceasefire proposal from Qatar and Egypt; Israel, however, rejects the proposal, saying it is "unacceptable".
• 7 May –
  • Israeli forces enter Rafah in a "limited" operation, taking control of the Rafah Border Crossing on the Egypt–Gaza border.
  • At least 27 people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Rafah.
• 8 May –
  • Israeli troops reach the outskirts of Rafah with Hamas saying that heavy fighting is underway. The Israeli military says it has "uncovered terrorist infrastructure", and killed a number of Hamas militants as it advances.
  • Israel reopens the Kerem Shalom border crossing, allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. However, no aid has entered according to the UN.
• 9 May –
  • US President Joe Biden vows to withhold weapons from Israel if they launch a major invasion of Rafah.
  • Israeli tanks and warplanes strike eastern Rafah, killing more than 65 civilians and causing 80,000 people to flee.
• 12 May – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Israel lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians.
• 13 May –
  • The IDF advances into northern and southern Gaza.
  • A staff member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security is killed and another is injured in Rafah.
  • Hamas says it has "lost contact" with the militants holding four Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
• 14 May – Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105 anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the IDF claims to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city.
• 15 May – Five Israeli soldiers are killed in a friendly fire incident in Jabalia after IDF tanks open fire on their position.
• 16 May – Palestinian fighters, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, claim dozens of attacks on Israeli troops in and around the Jabalia refugee camp.
• 17 May –
  • Humanitarian aid deliveries begin arriving at the U.S.-built Gaza floating pier.
  • The IDF recovers from Rafah the bodies of three people killed in the Re'im music festival massacre last October, including Shani Louk.
  • Hamas announces that an Israeli strike killed Sharhabil Sayed, a Hamas commander in Lebanon.
  • Israel announces that an airstrike kills Islaam Hamaisa, a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Jenin Brigades.
• 18 May –
  • The Israeli army recovers the body of Ron Binyamin, who was killed and brought to Gaza by Palestinian militants in October.
  • Benny Gantz threatens to withdraw his party from the unity coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't submit a post-war plan for Gaza by June 8.
• 20 May – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan requests a warrant for Prime Minister Netanyahu]], Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• 21 May –
  • The IDF launches a raid on Jenin, with sources claiming seven Palestinians were killed.
  • The Israeli Ministry of Communications seizes broadcasting equipment from the Associated Press and halt their live feed of Gaza, accusing them of breaking the new media law by supplying images to Al Jazeera.
• 23 May – At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City.
• 24 May –
  • The IDF recovers the bodies of three captives who were killed and taken to Gaza by Palestinian militants in the 7 October attacks.
  • The International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt the military offensive in Rafah.
• 26 May –
  • The Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas fire rockets towards Tel Aviv area in central Israel for the first time in four months.
  • Four U.S. Army vessels wash up on Israeli beaches, two of them in the Gaza Strip.
• 27 May – One Egyptian guard is killed in a shootout at the Rafah Border Crossing.
• 28 May –
  • Israeli tanks reach central Rafah for the first time with heavy clashes being reported.
  • At least 21 people are killed and 64 others are injured in a Israeli attack on a tent camp in al-Mawasi, Rafah Governorate.
  • The U.S. removes the Gaza floating pier from the Gaza Strip for repair after its flotilla was damaged in bad weather.
  • South Africa's genocide case against Israel: Mexico announces it will intervene in the genocide case on the side of South Africa.
• 30 May – The IDF lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
• 31 May –
  • A medic is killed and another injured during an Israeli airstrike against an ambulance in Naqoura, Lebanon.
  • France bans Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at Eurosatory.

June

• 5 June – Hezbollah strikes an Iron Dome battery in Ramot Naftali.
• 6 June –
  • South Africa's genocide case against Israel: Spain applies to join South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide.
  • Three Palestinians are killed and several others are injured during an IDF raid on Jenin.
• 7 June –
  • UN advisors announce the intention of the organization to add Israel, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to their list of countries and armed groups that harm children in their upcoming "Children and Armed Conflict" report.
  • The United States reinstalls a temporary aid pier while the Gaza floating pier is being fixed due to weather damage.
  • Benny Gantz schedules an 8 June announcement for his National Unity Party to leave the current coalition government run by Benjamin Netanyahu due to the latter failing to draw a post-war plan with the war cabinet.
• 8 June – 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation: Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas and held in the Nuseirat refugee camp, including Noa Argamani, are rescued in an Israeli special operation.
• 9 June –
  • Benny Gantz resigns from the war cabinet, citing Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to achieve a "true victory" in Gaza.
  • Two people are killed in IDF airstrikes near Aitaroun, Lebanon according to the National News Agency.
• 12 June – Israel kills three Hezbollah fighters and Taleb Abdullah, a senior commander, in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah retaliates by launching over 250 rockets towards northern Israel, the most it had deployed in the war.
• 14 June –
  • The United Nations pauses humanitarian aid deliveries at the US-constructed Gaza floating pier pending investigations on if it was involved in the Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp and on its security for humanitarian workers.
  • The US military announces plans to temporarily dismantle the Gaza floating pier and move it to Israel following predictions of rough seas, halting its humanitarian aid shipments for the 3rd time in one month.
  • The US State Department officially adds the Israeli group Tsav 9 to its list of sanctioned entities for impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
• 15 June – Eight Israeli soldiers are killed in Rafah after their Namer armoured personnel carrier is hit by a massive explosion.
• 17 June –
  • Prime minister Netanyahu announces the dissolution of the war cabinet following the earlier resignation of Benny Gantz.
  • Eight Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire while waiting for commercial trucks in Gaza.
  • Hezbollah commander Muhammad Ahmed Ayoub is allegedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in Selaa, Lebanon, with further strikes occurring against Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon.
• 19 June –
  • Hezbollah announces that an Israeli strike killed three of its fighters.
  • Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah threatens Cyprus if it allows Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises.
• 20 June – The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The ship was discovered last year by a company drilling for natural gas off the coast of Northern Israel.
• 21 June – Israel and Ukraine mutually impose travel restrictions to each others' citizens, preventing reciprocal visa-free travel without an authorization permit.
• 23 June –
  • The Houthis claim to have carried out a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq to target four vessels in the Port of Haifa.
  • More than 150,000 Israelis rally and march in Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government, calling for new elections, the return of hostages, and a ceasefire.
• 24 June –
  • Eleven Palestinians, including the director of Gaza's Ambulance and Emergency Department, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on the al-Shati refugee camp, Bani Suhaila, and Gaza City.
  • Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects the U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal for the war in Gaza, instead committing to continuing the war and "the goal of eliminating Hamas."
• 25 June –
  • Israeli forces bomb Gaza, with one strike killing 10 relatives of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.
  • The Supreme Court of Israel rules that the IDF and the government of Israel are legally bound to conscript yeshiva students.
• 26 June – An Israeli airstrike on a home in Beit Lahia in North Gaza allegedly kills at least 15 Palestinians.
• 30 June –
  • At least six Palestinians are killed in Rafah, as Israeli tanks re-enter Shuja'iyya and parts of northern Gaza, displacing more than 60,000 people.
  • Thousands of Haredi Jewish men clash with Israel Police during protests in Jerusalem against the 25 June Supreme Court ruling ordering the conscription of Haredi yeshiva students.

July

• 1 July – The IDF orders a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the entire eastern half of Khan Yunis and surrounding areas in anticipation of a new ground assault on the city.
• 2 July –
  • An IDF airstrike kills at least nine people in Khan Yunis, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation.
  • A dozen resigned US government officials release a joint statement denouncing the Biden administration for its "undeniable complicity" in war crimes against Palestinian civilians by violating U.S. laws to continue sending Israel weapons.
• 3 July –
  • Two people are injured in a stabbing at a shopping centre in Karmiel. An Arab citizen of Israel is shot dead by security forces after being identified as the assailant.
  • The Israeli government approves the seizure of 12.7 square kilometers (4.9 square miles) of Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley, representing the largest land grab in the West Bank in more than three decades.
  • An Israeli strike kills Mohammed Nasser, a top commander in Hezbollah. He is considered to be one of the highest-ranking figures from the group to die during the conflict. In retaliation, Hezbollah launches a barrage of at least 100 Katyusha rockets towards northern Israel, targeting IDF positions.
• 4 July –
  • Israel approves the construction of 5,295 Israeli settler homes in dozens of settlements in the West Bank.
  • Eleven people die and another 153 patients are diagnosed with West Nile fever in an ongoing outbreak in Israel.
  • Hezbollah launches at least 200 rockets and several drones at ten IDF sites and threatens to expand its targeting range, in retaliation for the killing of Mohammed Nasser, a top Hezbollah commander.
• 5 July – At least seven Palestinians are killed during an IDF raid in Jenin in the West Bank that targeted a building that several militants had barricaded themselves in.
• 6 July – At least 16 Palestinians are killed by an Israeli strike on a school housing Palestinians displaced from ongoing military operations in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
• 7 July –
  • Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 27 Palestinians. In Gaza City, four are killed in a strike on a UNRWA school sheltering displaced people and six others are killed in a strike on a house. Two people are killed in the Sabra neighbourhood, with six others in a strike on a residential building in Az-Zawayda.
  • Protesters march in Tel Aviv to call for a ceasefire, the return of all hostages, and for Netanyahu to step down.
• 9 July –
  • July 9, 2024 Gaza attacks: At least 50 Palestinians are killed and dozens more are injured in Israeli attacks on Tel al-Hawa, Sabra, and Shuja'iyya, Gaza City.
  • Al-Awda School massacre: At least 29 Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack targeting the entrance of a UNRWA-ran school sheltering displaced Palestinians, becoming Israel's fourth attack on Gaza schools in the past four days.
  • United Nations human rights experts accuse Israel of carrying out a "targeted starvation campaign" that resulted in child malnutrition and death in Gaza.
  • Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing two Israelis.
• 11 July – The Biden administration resumes shipments of 500-pound bombs to Israel following a suspension in May 2024.
• 13 July – The IDF targets Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Deif and another Hamas militant leader, Rafa’a Salameh, in a strike on a building between al-Mawasi and Khan Yunis in southern Gaza; Deif's death is unconfirmed while Hamas claims that over 90 people are killed in the strike.
• 15 July –
  • At least 12 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip.
  • An Israeli airstrike on Bint Jbeil, Lebanon kills three civilians and injures three others. The IDF says that its fighter jets struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the area.
• 17 July – At least 42 Palestinians are killed and more than 70 others are injured in Israeli strikes on a United Nations-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp and on a designated "safe zone" in al-Mawasi, Rafah.
• 16 July –
  • At least 57 Palestinians are killed by Israeli bombardments in Rafah, Khan Yunis, and parts of Gaza City.
  • An investigation by the Associated Press and Israeli investigative organization Shomrim finds that the United States and Israel allowed tax-deductible donations totaling over US$200,000 to multiple Israeli far-right extremist groups involved in blocking and disrupting humanitarian aid delivery to the Gaza Strip.
• 18 July –
  • The Knesset votes 68-9 in favor of a resolution describing a Palestinian state as "an existential danger to the State of Israel".
  • Both the Gaza Health Ministry and the Israeli Health Ministry report traces of type 2 polio in Gaza's sewage system, caused by "severe overcrowding" and Israel's blockade of hygiene products from entering the enclave.
  • At least five Palestinians are killed and fifteen others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat and al-Bureij refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.
• 19 July –
  • At least one person is killed and ten others are wounded when a kamikaze drone strikes central Tel Aviv, near the United States embassy. The Houthis claim responsibility.
  • The International Court of Justice rules that Israel's land annexation and settlement construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank is unlawful, and demands an end to these practices "as soon as possible". The Court also rules that Israel's occupation in the West Bank amounts to apartheid.
• 20 July –
  • At least 37 Palestinians are killed and 54 are injured in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, with the confirmed death toll surpassing 38,900 people.
  • Israeli airstrikes hit oil refineries and power stations in the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, killing and wounding several people.
• 21 July –
  • The Houthis target Eilat with multiple ballistic missiles, in response to the previous day's airstrikes.
  • Israel begins issuing call-up notices for military conscription to Haredi Jews amid mass protests in Jerusalem.
• 22 July –
  • Israel orders mandatory evacuations across the Gaza Strip, including sections of the heavily populated Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone.
  • A Canadian citizen is shot and killed by Israeli police after he allegedly tried to stab Israeli soldiers and security personnel at the entrance of Netiv HaAsara, near the border with the Gaza Strip.
  • At least 70 Palestinians are killed and more than 200 others are injured by Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes in Khan Younis Governorate in the Gaza Strip.
  • The Knesset votes in favor of classifying UNRWA as a terrorist organization, allowing the motion to undergo supplementary deliberation regarding Israel severing relations with the agency.
• 24 July – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the United States Congress amid protests over Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza.
• 25 July – United States President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hold separate meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House regarding the Israel–Hamas war and plans following its conclusion.
• 26 July –
  • A Palestinian governmental body announces that senior Hamas leader Mustafa Muhammad Abu Ara has died in Israeli prison after being arrested in October 2023.
  • The United Kingdom drops its challenge to the International Criminal Court's issuance of arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
• 27 July –
  • Majdal Shams attack:
    • Twelve people, including several children, are killed in rocket strikes on the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli Golan Heights. Israel claims that Hezbollah is responsible for the attack, but Hezbollah denies any involvement.
    • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows that Hezbollah will "pay a heavy price" which "it has not paid so far" in response to the attack.
  • More than fifty people, including fifteen children, are killed in Israeli attacks on a school used to shelter displaced people in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip.
• 29 July – Far-right Israeli protestors, including several members of the Knesset, storm the Sde Teiman detention camp after the IDF detained nine reservists on suspicion of abusing a Palestinian detainee.
• 30 July – An Israeli Civilian is Killed by Rocket Fired from Lebanon. Israeli citizens storm an IDF army base in protest of the detaining of the soldiers, while Israeli troops are sent in to guard the base.

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Israel

Source:

• 23 April - Passover
• 29 April - Seventh day of Passover
• 14 May - Independence Day
• 12 June - Feast of Shavuot
• 3 October – Rosh Hashanah
• 12 October – Yom Kippur
• 17 October – Sukkot
• 24 October – Simchat Torah

Art and entertainment

• List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

• 2 January – Zvi Zamir,(b. 1925) Soldier in the Palmach and officer in the Israel Defense Forces, director of the Mossad (1968–1974).
• 6 January – Sabetai Unguru (b. 1931), historian of mathematics and science, professor, and director of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University.
• 13 January – Ran Poliakine (b. 1967), business, wireless power industry executive, founder of Powermat Technologies.
• 15 January – Dror Kashtan (b. 1941), football player (Hapoel Petah Tikva, national team) and manager (national team).
• 18 January – Amnon Rubinstein (b. 1931), politician, MK (1977–2002), minister of communications (1984–1987) and education (1993–1996), winner of the Israel Prize for Legal Studies (2006).
• 19 January – Raymond Apple (b. 1935), Australian-Israeli rabbi.
• 22 January – Lior Lubin (b. 1977), basketball player (Ironi Ramat Gan, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv) and coach.
• 25 January – Bat-Sheva Dagan, (b. 1925), Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor, educator and author.
• 2 February – Baruch Weisbecker, (b. 1940), Haredi rabbi.
• 10 February – Yoram Dinstein, (b. 1936, scholar.
• 14 February – Dani Koren, (b. 1945), politician, member of Knesset (2006).
• 18 February – Emile Shoufani, (b. 1947), Melkite Greek Catholic archimandrite, educator and activist.
• 24 February – Charlie Biton, (b. 1947), social activist and politician, MK (1977–1992).
• 28 February – Avraham Shochat, (b. 1936), politician, minister of finance (1992–1996, 1999–2001).
• 14 March – Eliezer Fishman, (b. 1943), businessman.
• 15 March – Salim Joubran, (b. 1947), Arab-Israeli Supreme Court judge (2003–2017).
• 27 March – Daniel Kahneman, (b. 1934), Israeli-American psychologist, author, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences recipient (2002).
• 1 April – Sami Michael, (b. 1926), Iraqi-Israeli author and activist.
• 9 May – Avner Ben-Gal, (b. 1966), artist.
• 18 May – Yael Dayan, (b. 1939), lawmaker, activist, member of Knesset (1992–2003).
• 2 June –
  • David Levy, (b. 1937), Moroccan-Israeli activist, member of Knesset (1969–2006).
  • Uzi Geller, (b. 1931), Israeli chess master.
• 4 June – Matilda Koen-Sarano, (b. 1939), Italian-born Israeli writer.
• 9 July – Yehuda Deri, (b. 1958), Chief Rabbi of Beersheba.
• 19 July – Eliyahu Rips, (b. 1948), Latvian-born Israeli mathematician.

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