2001 in Israel

Events in the year 2001 in Israel.

Incumbents

President of Israel – Moshe Katsav
Prime Minister of Israel – Ehud Barak (Israeli Labor Party) until March 7, Ariel Sharon (Likud)
President of the Supreme Court – Aharon Barak
Chief of General Staff – Shaul Mofaz
Government of Israel – 28th Government of Israel until March 7, 29th Government of Israel

Events

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February 6 – Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon wins the Israeli prime ministerial election which are held following the resignation of Ehud Barak.
March 7 – Ariel Sharon presents his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The 29th Government is approved that day and the members were sworn in.
March 22 – Israeli former general, defense minister and transportation minister Yitzhak Mordechai is convicted of harassing and sexually assaulting two women, and receives an 18-month suspended sentence.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/22/world/israeli-official-is-found-guilty-on-sex-charges.html?ref=yitzhak_mordechai | work=The New York Times | first=Deborah | last=Sontag | title=Israeli Official Is Found Guilty On Sex Charges | date=March 22, 2001}}[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/mordechai.html Yitzhak Mordechai] Jewish Virtual Library Several days after his conviction, he resigned from the Knesset.
May 24 – The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem kills 23 and injures over 200 in Israel's second worst civil disaster to the 2021 Meron crowd crush.
July 16–23 – The 2001 Maccabiah Games are held.
October 4 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes over the Black Sea en route from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk, Russia; 78 are killed, 51 of them are Israeli citizens, mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
November – The Israeli developed and produced assault rifle Tavor TAR-21 was first introduced to the IDF forces.
December 13 – Masada and the Old City of Acre, Israel are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/143 |title=unesco.org |publisher=Whc.unesco.org |date=December 13, 2001 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}

File:IWI-Tavor001.jpg|The Israeli developed and produced assault rifle Tavor TAR-21 was first introduced to the IDF forces.

= Israeli–Palestinian conflict =

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 2001 include:

January 21–27 – Taba Summit: Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority aimed at reaching the "final status" of negotiations. Ehud Barak temporarily withdraws from negotiations during the Israeli elections, subsequently Ariel Sharon refuses to continue negotiating in the face of the newly erupted violence.
July 19 – Kach members fire on a car in the West Bank killing three Palestinians.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

{{Main|Palestinian political violence#Second Intifada (2000–2005)|List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2001–2006#2001|List of Palestinian suicide attacks#2001 (40 bombings)|Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2001}}

The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2001 include:

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January 1 – Netanya center bombing: 54 people are injured when a car, containing 44 pounds of explosives, explodes near a bus stop in Netanya's shopping district. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/01/bn.01.html |title=3 Large Explosions in Israeli Coastal City of Netanya; 8 Reportedly Injured |publisher=CNN |date=January 1, 2001 |access-date=November 30, 2023 }}
January 17 – Murder of Ofir Rahum: A 24-year-old female Bir Nabala Palestinian activist Amana Jawad Mona, through an online chat claiming to be an American tourist and seduces 16-year-old Israeli high school student Ofir Rahum, arranged for a meeting in Jerusalem but instead drives him to the Ramallah outskirts where Palestinian militants executes Rahum.{{cite magazine|author=Tania Hershman |url=https://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/01/41300 |title=Israel's 'First Internet Murder' |magazine=Wired |access-date=September 9, 2011 |date=January 19, 2001 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025113122/http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/01/41300 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1189804.stm|title=Woman 'confesses to internet murder'|publisher=BBC News|date=February 25, 2001|access-date=August 4, 2024}}
March 1 – Mei Ami junction bombing: An Israeli is killed and nine other people are injured when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonates a bomb in a service taxi. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB73AA30C97E630&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=1 DEAD, 9 HURT IN BLAST | date=March 2, 2001}}
March 4 – Netanya bombing: 3 elderly Israelis are killed in a suicide bombing in downtown of the coastal city of Netanya. Hamas claims responsibility.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/31794/425822/article.html |title=Suicide bombing kills four in Israel | WORLD News |publisher=Tvnz.co.nz |date=March 5, 2001 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
March 26 – Murder of Shalhevet Pass: a Palestinian sniper killed the 10-month-old Israeli infant Shalhevet Pass in the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Old City of Hebron.
March 27 – Talpiot industrial zone bombing: 7 people are injured in a car bomb attack during the morning rush hour in the Talpiot neighborhood in southeast Jerusalem. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/03/27/mideast.05/index.html|title=Jerusalem bombs kill one, injure 27|access-date=2023-11-30|website=www.cnn.com}}
March 27 – Egged bus No. 6 French Hill junction bombing: 28 people were injured, two seriously, in a suicide bombing on a northbound No. 6 bus at the French Hill Junction. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/2/Palestinian%20Terrorism%20February-April%202001-%20Photos |title=Palestinian Terrorism February–April 2001– Photos |publisher=Mfa.gov.il |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
March 28 – Mifgash Shalom attack: 3 Israelis are killed in a suicide bombing. Hamas claims responsibility.{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED81DF5399D290F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Two blasts heighten pressure on Sharon Israeli retaliation not expected during Arab leaders' summit|first=Tracy | last=Wilkinson}}
April 16 – Five mortar shells land, for the first time in the history of Israel, in the Israeli city Ashdod.
April 22 – Kfar Saba bombing: A Palestinian Arab suicide bomber kills an Israeli doctor of American origin in Kfar Saba and injures 60 others. Hamas claims responsibility.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/71692935.html?dids=71692935:71692935&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+23%2C+2001&author=Kevin+Wack&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Bombing+kills+two+at+Israeli+bus+stop&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718113829/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/71692935.html?dids=71692935:71692935&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+23,+2001&author=Kevin+Wack&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Bombing+kills+two+at+Israeli+bus+stop&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 18, 2012 | work=USA TODAY | first=Kevin | last=Wack | title=Bombing kills two at Israeli bus stop | date=April 23, 2001}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KJMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5295,3182674&dq=bombing&hl=en|title = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search}}
April 23 – Or Yehuda bombing: 8 people are lightly injured when a car explodes in the town of Or Yehuda. Hamas claimed responsibility. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/71725159.html?dids=71725159:71725159&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+24%2C+2001&author=Smita+P.+Nordwall&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Islamic+Jihad+leader+calls+for+more+strikes+on+Israel&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194433/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/71725159.html?dids=71725159:71725159&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+24,+2001&author=Smita+P.+Nordwall&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Islamic+Jihad+leader+calls+for+more+strikes+on+Israel&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 6, 2012 | work=USA TODAY | first=Smita P. | last=Nordwall | title=Islamic Jihad leader calls for more strikes on Israel | date=April 24, 2001}}
May 8 – Murder of Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran
May 18 – Kenyon HaSharon bombing: 5 Israelis are killed in a suicide bombing in a shopping mall in Netanya and over 100 are wounded. Hamas claims responsibility.{{cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2001/05/18/2001-05-18_suicide_attack_at_israeli_ma.html | location=New York | work=Daily News | title=Suicide Attack At Israeli Mall HAMAS BOMB KILLS SEVEN Israel retaliates; Bush decries violence | date=May 18, 2001 }} {{Dead link|date=November 2011|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}
May 25 – Hadera bus station suicide bombing: at least 12 people are injured when a car explodes near the bus station in the city Hadera. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/73394764.html?dids=73394764:73394764&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+27%2C+2001&author=MARGOT+DUDKEVITCH+and+MAIA+RIDBERG&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=High+alert+after+Hadera+suicide+bombing&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717133455/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/73394764.html?dids=73394764:73394764&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+27,+2001&author=MARGOT+DUDKEVITCH+and+MAIA+RIDBERG&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=High+alert+after+Hadera+suicide+bombing&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 17, 2012 | work=Jerusalem Post | first1=Margot | last1=Dudkevitch | first2=Maia | last2=Ridberg | title=High alert after Hadera suicide bombing | date=May 27, 2001}}
May 27 – Jerusalem bombings: two car bombs detonate in the center of Jerusalem. The explosions caused no serious injuries. PFLP claimed responsibility.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7JM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8lUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6780,6127812&dq=jerusalem&hl=en|title = The Mount Airy News - Google News Archive Search}}
May 30 – Netanya school bombing: a car bomb detonates outside a school in the coastal city of Netanya. The explosion caused no serious injuries. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EC608DC63F481C9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=CAR BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE SCHOOL, THREATENS PEACE PROCESS | date=May 31, 2001}}
June 1 – Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing: A Hamas suicide bomber blows himself up at the entrance of a club on a beachfront in Tel Aviv. 21 Israelis are killed and 132 were wounded, all youths.{{cite web |url=http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/tabid/66/Articlsid/65/currentpage/22/Default.aspx |title=The Palestinian Authority-Hamas Collusion – From Operational Cooperation to Propaganda Hoax |publisher=Ict.org.il |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021154/http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/tabid/66/Articlsid/65/currentpage/22/Default.aspx |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-48416289.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023030542/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-48416289.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2012|title=No. 1 Hamas terrorist killed. Followers threaten revenge in Tel Aviv. |last=O'Sullvian|first=Arieh|date=November 25, 2001|publisher=Jerusalem Post|access-date=January 30, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/international/middleeast/29israel.html|title=In Hamas's Overt Hatred, Many Israelis See Hope|last=Fisher|first=Ian|date=January 29, 2006|work=New York Times|access-date=January 30, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/home/0,7340,L-1258,00.html |title=פיגוע בדולפינריום – חדשות |publisher=Ynet |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
June 22 – Dugit bombing: 2 Israeli soldiers are killed when a Booby trapped car explodes near the Jewish settlement of Dugit. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74515448.html?dids=74515448:74515448&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+23%2C+2001&author=Lee+Hockstader&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Palestinian+Bomber+Kills+2+Israeli+Soldiers+in+Gaza&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714013853/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74515448.html?dids=74515448:74515448&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+23,+2001&author=Lee+Hockstader&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Palestinian+Bomber+Kills+2+Israeli+Soldiers+in+Gaza&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 14, 2012 | first=Lee | last=Hockstader | title=Palestinian Bomber Kills 2 Israeli Soldiers in Gaza | date=June 23, 2001}}
July 2 – Yehud suburb bombing: 2 bombs which were planted in cars of 2 Yehud residents explode. The explosion caused no serious injuries. PFLP claimed responsibility.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/74929685.html?dids=74929685:74929685&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+03%2C+2001&author=DAVID+RUDGE&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Two+bombs+explode+in+Yehud.+No+injuries%2C+but+new+tactic+alarms+authorities.&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194517/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/74929685.html?dids=74929685:74929685&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+03,+2001&author=DAVID+RUDGE&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Two+bombs+explode+in+Yehud.+No+injuries,+but+new+tactic+alarms+authorities.&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 6, 2012 | work=Jerusalem Post | first=David | last=Rudge | title=Two bombs explode in Yehud. No injuries, but new tactic alarms authorities | date=July 3, 2001}}
July 9 – Kissufim bombing: A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates his car near a in the Southern Gaza Strip crossing point of Kissufim. The explosion caused no serious injuries. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F97A2FFC5FF01BC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Palestinian source on explosion near Israeli military position in Gaza | date=July 9, 2001}}{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/46766/425822/article.html?cfb3=3 |title=Mideast truce a failure | WORLD News |publisher=Tvnz.co.nz |date=July 10, 2001 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
July 16 – Binyamina Railway Station bombing: 2 Israeli soldiers are killed and 8 civilians are injured when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonates himself near the entrance to the Binyamina railway station.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/75475803.html?dids=75475803:75475803&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+17%2C+2001&author=DAVID+RUDGE&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Suicide+bomber+kills+two+soldiers+in+Binyamina+attack&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194528/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/75475803.html?dids=75475803:75475803&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+17,+2001&author=DAVID+RUDGE&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Suicide+bomber+kills+two+soldiers+in+Binyamina+attack&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 6, 2012 | work=Jerusalem Post | first=David | last=Rudge | title=Suicide bomber kills two soldiers in Binyamina attack | date=July 17, 2001}}
August 7 – Zohar Shurgi, 40, of moshav Yafit, was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on Trans-Samaria Highway.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/77152078.html?dids=77152078:77152078&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+08%2C+2001&author=MARGOT+DUDKEVITCH&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Jordan+Valley+man+slain+in+drive-by+shooting&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194538/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/77152078.html?dids=77152078:77152078&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+08,+2001&author=MARGOT+DUDKEVITCH&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Jordan+Valley+man+slain+in+drive-by+shooting&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 6, 2012 | work=Jerusalem Post | first=Margot | last=Dudkevitch | title=Jordan Valley man slain in drive-by shooting | date=August 8, 2001}}
August 9 – Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing: A Palestinian suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt weighing five to ten kilograms, containing explosives, nails, nuts and bolts, detonates his bomb. In the blast 15 people (including seven children) are killed, and 130 wounded. Both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad initially claim responsibility.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=206585 |title=Suicide bomber kills 15 at Jerusalem restaurant – World – NZ Herald News |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=September 9, 2011 |date=August 10, 2001}}
August 12 – Wall-Street cafe bombing: One Israeli is killed and 15 others are injured when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonates himself at the "Wall-Street" cafe in Kiryat Motzkin. The Islamic Jihad claim responsibility.{{cite web |author=TheMarker.com Staff |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/1516101/about-15-wounded-in-blast-at-kiryat-motzkins-wall-street-cafe.html |title=About 15 wounded in blast at Kiryat Motzkin's Wall Street cafe |publisher=TheStreet |date=August 12, 2001 |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011155742/http://www.thestreet.com/story/1516101/about-15-wounded-in-blast-at-kiryat-motzkins-wall-street-cafe.html |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}
August 21 – Russian Compound bombing: Palestinian militants explode a bomb in the center of Jerusalem. The explosions caused no serious injuries.{{cite web |agency=Reuters |url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=1490 |title=Bomb explodes near Israeli police HQ in Jerusalem |publisher=Express India |date=August 21, 2001 |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014024136/http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=1490 |url-status=dead }}
September 4 – Jerusalem car bomb attacks: Four bombs explode at the same time in Jerusalem. The explosions caused no serious injuries.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MahjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1737,30771557&dq=jerusalem&hl=en|title = Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search}}
September 9 – Nahariya train station suicide bombing: an Arab-Israeli who was sent by Hamas detonates himself on the crowded platform of the Nahariya Railway Station, killing 3 Israelis and injuring 94. Hamas claim responsibility.{{cite web|url=http://info.jpost.com/C002/Supplements/CasualtiesOfWar/2001_09_09.html |title=Jerusalem Post's coverage of the terror attack on Nahariya's Railway Station |work=Jerusalem Post |date=September 10, 2001 |access-date=September 9, 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503035155/http://info.jpost.com/C002/Supplements/CasualtiesOfWar/2001_09_09.html |archive-date=May 3, 2008 }}
September 9 – Beit Lid Junction bombing: 12 Israelis are injured when 2 car bomb attacks near a bus at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya. The Islamic Jihad claim responsibility.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,L-1099430,00.html |title=ynet מכונית תופת התפוצצה בצומת בית ליד – חדשות |newspaper=Ynet |publisher=Ynet.co.il |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
September 15 – Meir Weisshaus, 23, of Jerusalem, was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on the Ramot-French Hill road.Jewish Virtual Library;Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182603/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html|date=July 14, 2014}}
October 1 – Talpiot neighborhood bombing
October 7 – Erez Crossing bombing
October 7 – Kibbutz Shluhot bombing [https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/isrl-pa/ISRAELPA1002-05.htm Human Rights Watch]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404030544/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/isrl-pa/ISRAELPA1002-05.htm}} Erased In A Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians
October 17 – Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi: The Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi is assassinated in Jerusalem Hyatt hotel by four Palestinian Arab gunmen, members of the PFLP terrorist organization
November 4 – Shoshana Ben Ishai, 16, of Betar Illit, and Menashe (Meni) Regev, 14, of Jerusalem were killed when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire with a sub-machine gun shortly before 16:00 at a No. 25 Egged bus at the French Hill junction in northern Jerusalem. 45 people were injured in the attack.{{cite web|author=Minicy Catom Software Engineering Ltd. www.catom.com |url=http://www.takeapen.org/Takeapen/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=84&FID=922 |title=Take A Pen;Israeli children – Victims of Palestinian Terrorism |publisher=Takeapen.org |access-date=September 9, 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007163213/http://www.takeapen.org/Takeapen/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=84&FID=922 |archive-date=October 7, 2011 }}
November 26 – Erez Crossing bombing {{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/06/20/terror.attacks.chronology/|title=Attacks since start of Al Aqsa intifada|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=2023-11-30}}
November 29 – Egged bus 823 bombing: Three people are killed and nine wounded in a suicide bombing of a bus near Hadera. Both Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility.{{cite web |url= http://www.haaretz.com/news/islamic-jihad-fatah-take-responsibility-for-bus-bombing-1.75877 |title=Islamic Jihad, Fatah take responsibility for bus bombing |work=Haaretz |year=2011 |accessdate=18 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75JKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6563,4859776|title=Suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis ahead of Bush-Sharon Meeting |work=The Blade |via=Google News Archive |date=November 30, 2001|accessdate=18 October 2011}}
December 1 – Ben Yehuda Street Bombing[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/12/Suicide%20bombing%20at%20the%20Ben-Yehuda%20pedestrian%20mall http://www.mfa.gov.il] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040618133459/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/12/Suicide%20bombing%20at%20the%20Ben-Yehuda%20pedestrian%20mall |date=2004-06-18 }}
December 2 – Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAAjDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT155|title=Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Movement to Boycott Israel|last=Nelson|first=Cary|date=2016-07-11|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253025180|language=en}}
December 5 – Hilton Mamilla bombing {{cite web|url=https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/Data/pdf/PDF_19279_2.pdf|title=Suicide bombing terrorism during the current Israeli-Palestinian confrontation|website=www.terrorism-info.org.il|access-date=2023-11-30}}
December 9 – Check Post Junction bombing
December 12 – Neve Dekalim bombing {{Cite web |title=Israeli jets hit Palestinian targets after fatal terror attacks - December 12, 2001 |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-544481#! |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=en.globes.co.il|date=December 12, 2001 }}

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 2001 include:

February 13 – The Israeli army assassinate Force 17 commander Massud Ayyad in Jabaliya, firing four air-to-surface rockets at his car. Israel states that he was the leader of a Gaza-based Hizbullah cell.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/14/world/israel-hunts-down-and-kills-a-top-arafat-security-officer.html | work=The New York Times | first=Deborah | last=Sontag | title=Israel Hunts Down and Kills a Top Arafat Security Officer | date=February 14, 2001}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5PFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4824,3430618|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search}}
May 7 – Israel seizes the Palestinian freighter "Santorini" near the shores of Haifa which was on her way from Lebanon to the shores of the Gaza Strip and was found to be carrying a massive amount of weaponry.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/72599979.html?dids=72599979:72599979&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194626/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/72599979.html?dids=72599979:72599979&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 6, 2012 | work=New York Post | title=Israelis Seize Ship In Giant Arms Bust | date=May 8, 2001}}{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/05/07/mideast.boat/index.html |publisher=CNN | title=Boat containing weapons found off Israel | date=May 7, 2001}}
May 18 – In retaliation for a suicide attack earlier in the day Israeli air-force F16s drop 1,100 lb bombs on targets in Gaza City, Nablus, Ramallah and Tulkarm, killing twelve Palestinians and wounding 90. The first use of warplanes in Palestinian areas since 1967.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/73174768.html?dids=73174768:73174768&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714113414/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/73174768.html?dids=73174768:73174768&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 14, 2012 | work=New York Post | first=Uri | last=Dan | title=Israeli Jets Strike Back As Suicide Blast Kills 5 | date=May 19, 2001}}{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sandiego/access/73169412.html?dids=73169412:73169412&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | work=The San Diego Union | first=Deborah | last=Sontag | title=Israel answers suicide blast – Warplanes kill 9 in retaliation after 5 die in explosion at mall | date=May 19, 2001}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
July 13 – Hamas activist Fawaz Badran, is killed in Tulkarm when his car explodes in an apparent assassination.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OYojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dYgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=806,2611894|title = The Sunday Gazette - Google News Archive Search}}{{cite web|author=Independent Newspapers Online |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/hamas-militant-killed-in-west-bank-bomb-blast-1.70167 |title=Hamas militant killed in West Bank bomb blast |publisher=IOL.co.za |date=July 13, 2001 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
July 17 – In retaliation to a Palestinian suicide attack which took place the day before in the Binyamina Railway Station, an Israeli helicopter killed four Hamas activists in Bethlehem, whom Israel claimed were planning an attack on the closing ceremony of the Maccabiah Games.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jegrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wQUGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5149,1417176|title=Kentucky New Era - Google News Archive Search}}{{cite web|author=Independent Newspapers Online |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/israeli-air-strike-kills-four-hamas-members-1.70513 |title=Israeli air strike kills four Hamas members |publisher=IOL.co.za |date=July 17, 2001 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
August 5 – Israeli helicopters fire a pair of laser-guided rockets at a car in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm carrying the Hamas activist Amer Hassan Madiri.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/77040249.html?dids=77040249:77040249&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716204044/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/77040249.html?dids=77040249:77040249&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 16, 2012 | work=Jerusalem Post | first=Arieh | last=O'Sullivan | title=Hamas man killed in IAF rocket ambush | date=August 6, 2001}}{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/77036577.html?dids=77036577:77036577&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722182147/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/77036577.html?dids=77036577:77036577&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 22, 2012 | first=Lee | last=Hockstader | title=An Unlikely Gunman Sprays Israeli Crowd | date=August 6, 2001}}
August 10 – following the events of the Al-Aqsa Intifada and in response to the Sbarro restaurant massacre, Israeli border police forces raided and took control over the Orient House in East Jerusalem, which was used in the 1980s and 1990s as the headquarters of the PLO in East Jerusalem, as well as nine other unofficial PLO offices in Jerusalem.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/432826451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194748/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/432826451.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 6, 2012 | first=Greg | last=Myre | title=Palestinian offices seized; Israelis respond to suicide bombing | date=August 11, 2001}}
August 27 – Israeli helicopters fire two missiles at a building in Ramallah killing the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Mustafa Zibri which Israel considered responsible for a string of car bombing attacks.{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/78949646.html?dids=78949646:78949646&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713120351/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/78949646.html?dids=78949646:78949646&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 13, 2012 | first=Peter | last=Hermann | title=Israeli helicopters hunt down top PLO militant in his office Faction leader killed as Israel broadens response to terror | date=August 28, 2001 | work=The Sun}}{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1338783/PLO-founder-killed-by-Israeli-missile-attack.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Alan | last=Philps | title=PLO founder killed by Israeli missile attack | date=August 28, 2001}}

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The Moshe Aviv Tower skyscraper in Ramat Gan officially opens, becoming the tallest building in Israel. (standing at 244.1 m)

Notable births

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January 1 – Deni Avdija, Israeli-Serbian basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/deni-avdija-1.html|title=Deni Avdija International Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}
February 7 – Shani Louk, murder victim (d. 2023)
March 12 – Anna Zak, Russian-born Israeli singer, model, and influencer
April 10 – Noa Kirel, musician
October 3 – Liel Abada, association footballer

Notable deaths

September 8 – Dudu Dotan (born 1949), Israeli entertainer and actor.
October 17 – Rehavam Zeevi (born 1926), Israeli minister and former general, killed by Palestinian militants during the Second Intifada.
November 2 – Rabbi Elazar Shach (born 1899), Russian (Lithuania)-born co-founder of the political parties Shas and Degel HaTorah, leader of the Lithuanian Orthodox community in Israel.

Major public holidays

References

External links

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