2024 in Israel
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Events of the year 2024 in Israel.
Incumbents[edit]
- 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[edit]
Events[edit]
- 1 January –
- Hamas fires a barrage of at least 27 rockets shortly after midnight at cities and towns in central and southern Israel.[1][2]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- 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 the current Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for several charges of corruption.[5]
- 7 January – An Arab Israeli man is killed and a woman is critically injured by a Palestinian gunman north of Jerusalem.[6]
- 8 January – Wissam al-Tawil, the deputy commander of Hezbollah's Redwan Force, in Majdel Selm, Lebanon is killed in an Israeli airstrike following increasing violence along the Israel-Lebanon border since Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and anti-tank missiles over the border following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.[7]
- 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 and Israel retaliates by killing Ali Hussein Barji, a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for dozens of explosive drone attacks on northern Israel in recent months.[8]
- 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.[9][10]
- 14 January –
- Approximately 120,000 people attended 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 terror onslaught in southern Israel on October 7.[11]
- An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank missile which penetrated their home in Yuval in the Galilee near the Israel-Lebanon border.[12]
- 15 January – 2024 Ra'anana attack: A woman is killed and 18 are severely injured in a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack by two Palestinian illegal workers from Hebron in Ra'anana.[13]
Scheduled[edit]
- 27 February – 2024 Israeli municipal elections[14][15]
Holidays[edit]
Source:[16]
- 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[edit]
Deaths[edit]
- 2 January – Zvi Zamir,(b. 1925) Soldier in the Palmach and officer in the Israel Defense Forces, director of the Mossad (1968–1974).[17]
- 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 .[18]
- 13 January – Ran Poliakine (b. 1967), business, wireless power industry executive, founder of Powermat Technologies.[19]
References[edit]
- ^ "Israel-Hamas war: New Year's rocket barrage launched at Israel". The Jerusalem Post. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Ben-David, Ricky; Sharon, Jeremy; Sharon, Jeremy (2024-01-01). "At stroke of midnight, Hamas attacks Israel with heavy New Year rocket barrage". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Sharon, Jeremy; Ben-David, Ricky (2024-01-01). "In historic ruling, High Court strikes down key judicial overhaul legislation". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Hamas deputy head killed in alleged Israeli drone strike in Beirut". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Morag, Gilad (3 January 2024). "Supreme Court delays law shielding prime minister from forced recusal". Ynet News.
- ^ "East Jerusalem man killed in West Bank terror shooting". Times of Israel.
- ^ "Senior Hezbollah commander killed in alleged Israeli strike as border tensions mount". The Times of Israel. 8 January 2024.
- ^ Fabian, Emmanuel (9 January 2024). "IDF: Hezbollah drone chief behind attacks on north killed in Israeli strike". The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Israel calls SA accusations to ICJ baseless lies, historically hypocritical". Ynet News. 2024-01-11.
- ^ "S. Africa genocide case is 'a libel,' aimed 'to deny Israel the right to defend itself'". The Times of Israel. 2024-01-12.
- ^ Steinberg, Jessica (2024-01-14). "'Enough!': 120,000 attend 24-hour rally for hostages' release after 100 days in Gaza". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel; Davidovich, Joshua (2024-01-14). "Elderly woman and her son killed at home in Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ^ "Woman Killed, 17 Wounded in Terror Attack in Central Israeli City of Ra'anana". Haaretz. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ Keller-Lynn, Carrie (23 October 2023). "Wartime Knesset pushes municipal elections to January 30, instead of next week". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ Algemeiner, The (2024-01-01). "Israel Postpones Local Elections as Hundreds of Soldiers Serving in Gaza War Unable to Run". Algemeiner.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "Israel Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Zvi Zamir, Mossad director during Yom Kippur War, dies at 98". The Jerusalem Post. 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "אונגורו שבתאי" [Sabetai Unguru]. Haifa Burial Society (in Hebrew). 2024-01-06.
- ^ וינרב, גלי (2024-01-14). "היזם הסדרתי רן פוליאקין הלך לעולמו בגיל 56" [Serial entrepreneur Ran Poliakine dies aged 56]. Globes (Israel) (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
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