2026 in Israel

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Events of the year 2026 in Israel.

Incumbents

• President of Israel – Isaac Herzog
• Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu
• President of the Supreme Court – Yitzhak Amit

Events

January

Demonstration in Tel Aviv against rising crime and the lack of government enforcement in Israeli Arab society, 31 January

• 1 January —
  • Israel orders the banning effective 1 March of 37 humanitarian agencies from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with its revised regulations on the disclosure of detailed information on their Palestinian staff.
  • A Palestinian is killed and another is injured when Israeli forces open fire on stone-throwers near Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Nablus, West Bank.
• 4 January —
  • A Bedouin man is killed in an overnight police raid in Tirabin al-Sana.
  • Two Hezbollah militants are killed in a strike by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Al-Jumayjimah, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon.
• 5 January –
  • The Ministry of Communications approves the delivery of equipment necessary to upgrade Palestinian cellular networks from 3G to 4G in the West Bank.
  • Four Palestinians are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced refugees in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Israel claims it was targeting a Hamas target.
  • United States-mediated talks between Israel and Syria are held to revive the 1974 disengagement framework resume after a several-month hiatus, with Syria pressing for an Israeli withdrawal from territory entered after the fall of the Assad regime.
  • Three Arab Israelis are killed in two separate shootings in Nazareth and Kafr Qara.
• 6 January –
  • Foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar visits Somaliland for the first time since Israel recognized its independence the month prior.
  • A bus strikes a group protesting against the conscription of Haredi Jews into the IDF in Jerusalem, killing one and injuring three others.
• 13 January – Israel withdraws from seven United Nations-affiliated agencies over their perceived anti-Israel bias or ineffectiveness.
• 14 January – The United States announces the start of the second phase of the Gaza peace plan.
• 19 January –
  • The IDF launches a large-scale counterterrorism raid in Hebron, arresting at least seven people.
  • Two children are killed and 55 others are injured following an incident at a daycare in Romema, Jerusalem.
• 20 January – Israel starts demolishing buildings at the main UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem.
• 21 January – National security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir allows the issuance of gun licences to residents of 18 Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
• 22 January – the leaders of all four Arab parties Ra'am, Hadash–Ta'al, and Balad publicly commit to re-establish the Joint List for the 2026 election. Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas agrees to join, on the condition that each party would operate separately after the election.
• 26 January – The body of Ran Gvili is recovered by the IDF from northern Gaza, ending the Gaza war hostage crisis.
• 30 January –
  • Ariel Seidman, the Israeli chargé d'affaires to South Africa, is expelled from Israel's embassy in Pretoria in response to insults against president Cyril Ramaphosa. Israel responds by banning South African representative to Palestine Shaun Byneveldt from its territory.
  • The United States approves four weapons purchase agreements to Israel valued at $6.67 billion.
• 31 January – Around 40,000 people protest in Habima Square, Tel Aviv, against perceived government neglect against Arab citizens of Israel amid rising crime rates.

February

• 2 February – A French judge issues arrest warrants for two French-Israeli citizens, accusing them of "complicity and incitement to genocide" for blocking humanitarian aid trucks en route to Gaza.
• 4 February – Twelve people, including IDF troops, are charged by the Ministry of Justice with assisting Hamas by smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of products into Gaza.
• 6 February – A bus crashes into a kiosk in Ramat Gan, injuring 10 people, one seriously.
• 8 February – The security cabinet passes bills to increase Israel's control over its occupied territories in the West Bank, which are widely denounced as efforts to annex the territory.
• 9 February –
  • An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building in Gaza City, killing four people and injuring dozens of others.
  • An Israeli drone strikes a vehicle in Yanouh, South Governorate, Lebanon, killing three people, including a 3-year-old child.
• 10 February – Venezuela delivers its first crude oil shipment to Israel in several years.
• 15 February –
  • Four people are killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in Majdal Anjar, Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon, near the Lebanon–Syria border.
  • Two female IDF soldiers are attacked by a crowd of Haredi men in Bnei Brak, resulting in 23 arrests.
• 23 February – Israel designates the online Palestinian media platforms Al Asima News, Quds Plus, Alquds Albawsala, Maraj and Maydan Alquds as terrorist organizations, accusing connections to Hamas.
• 25 February –
  • Somaliland appoints Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud as its first ambassador to Israel.
  • Indian prime minister Narendra Modi becomes the first recipient of the Medal of the Knesset, the Knesset's highest award, during his visit to Israel.

Predicted and scheduled

• By 27 October – 2026 Israeli legislative election

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Israel

Source:

• 2 April – Passover
• 8 April – Seventh day of Passover
• 22 April – Independence Day
• 22 May – Feast of Shavuot
• 12–13 September – Rosh Hashanah
• 21 September – Yom Kippur
• 26 September – Sukkot
• 3 October – Simchat Torah

Deaths

• 1 January –
  • Yehezkel Dror, 97, Austrian-born political scientist.
  • Morris Kahn, 95, South African-born telecommunications industry executive, founder of Golden Pages, Amdocs and the Aurec Group.
  • Amit Saar, 47, intelligence officer, head of the Military Intelligence Research Department (2020–2024).
• 7 January – Uri Lupolianski, 74, politician, mayor of Jerusalem (2003–2008) and founder of Yad Sarah.
• 11 January – Gabriel Barkay, 81, archaeologist.
• 12 January – Isaac Witz, 91, Austrian-born immunologist.
• 19 January – Eitan Na'eh, 62, diplomat, ambassador to Turkey (2016–2018) and Bahrain (2021–2023).
• 4 February –
  • Zohar Shavit, 74, scholar, author and translator.
  • Igal Talmi, 101, Ukrainian-born nuclear physicist.
• 8 February –
  • David Federman, 81, stockbroker and basketball club owner (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
  • Matti Caspi, 76, singer-songwriter.
  • Eli Alaluf, 80, Moroccan-born politician, MK (2015–2019).
  • Victor Sarusi, 81, footballer (Maccabi Netanya, Beitar Jerusalem, national team).
• 12 February – Dani Arditi, 75, military officer.
• 13 February – Joseph Halpern, 72, Israeli-born American computer scientist.
• 15 February – Dana Eden, 52, television producer.
• 24 February – Ora Kedem, 101, Austrian-born chemist.

External links

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