1995 in Israel

Incumbents

Events
The monument at the site of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1995 include:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

Main articles: Palestinian political violence § Oslo Accords to Camp David Summit (1993–2000), and List of Palestinian suicide attacks § 1995 (4 bombings)
A monument commemorating the victims of the Beit Lid suicide bombing

The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 1995 include:

  • January 22 – Beit Lid massacre: 19 Israelis, mostly soldiers, are killed and 62 others are injured when two Palestinian suicide bombers detonated themselves at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claim responsibility.[2]
  • April 9 – Kfar Darom bus attack
  • July 24 – Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing
  • August 21 – Ramat Eshkol bus bombing

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets

The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1995 include:

  • October 26 – Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.

Notable births

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Notable deaths
Yitzhak Rabin
  • January 4 – Naomi Amir (born 1931), American-born Israeli neurologist.
  • May 11 – David Avidan (born 1934), Israeli poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist and playwright.
  • July 16 – Mordechai Gur (born 1930), Israeli politician and the 10th Chief of Staff of the IDF.
  • August 5 – Menachem Avidom (b 1908), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli composer.
  • September 9 – Benjamin Mazar (born 1906), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli historian, archaeologist, and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • September 27 – Sasha Argov (born 1914), Russian-born Israeli composer.
  • November 4 – Yitzhak Rabin (born 1922), Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Full date unknown – Zvi Sliternik (born 1897), Austro-Hungarian (Podolia)-born Israeli entomologist.

Major public holidays
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See also
  • 1995 in Israeli film

References
  1. "Pilot killed in mid-air crash of two F-16s". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  2. "Bus stop bombers kill 19 in Israel – News". The Independent. UK. January 23, 1995. Retrieved September 9, 2011.

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