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2010 in Israel

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Events in the year 2010 in Israel.

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Events

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  • 29 May – Harel Skaat represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the balad “Milim” ("Words"). {{cite web|url=http://www.diggiloo.net/?2010il|title= 2010 Israel – Mililm|website=Diggiloo Thrush }}{{cite web | last=Segev | first=Yoav | title=Israeli singer Harel Skaat places 14th in European song contest final | website=Ha’Aretz | date=2010-05-29 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5126619}}
  • June 16 – Israel Defense Forces soldiers stop three armed men entering Israel from Egypt, 40 kilometres north of the Israeli city of Eilat. One of them is killed, and the other two flee, leaving behind an explosive device.{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=178592 |title=IDF kills armed Beduin infiltrator |work=The Jerusalem Post |location=Israel |date=June 16, 2010| access-date= 19 August 2010 }}
  • June 17 – Immanuel Beit Yaakov controversy – Haredi parents of girls in the West Bank settlement of Immanuel begin a two-week jail sentence after the parents refused to follow an Israeli Supreme Court order, without a trial,[http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/003-D-49148-00.html?tag=02-34-4549210-00.html?tag=02-33-07 טרגדיה של טעויות משפטיות]News1, June 17, 2010 requiring their daughters to return to the original school. This imprisonment is followed by mass protests in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak by both religious and secular Israelis who oppose judicial activism.[http://www.jpost.com/Features/MagazineFeatures/Article.aspx?id=180822 "The haredi world’s new heroes"] Jerusalem Post, July 9, 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.officehours.com/rebecca/beisyaakovemanuel/Article%20by%20SHmuel%20Kofer%20on%20Tsofar.pdf |title=Shmuel Kofer in HaTsofar |access-date=September 9, 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327162257/http://www.officehours.com/rebecca/beisyaakovemanuel/Article%20by%20SHmuel%20Kofer%20on%20Tsofar.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2012 }}
  • June 22 – The Israeli reconnaissance satellite Ofek-9 is launched from the Palmachim Airbase.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3909270,00.html |title=Israel launches spy satellite |work=Ynetnews |date=June 20, 1995| access-date= 19 August 2010 }}Barbara Opall-Rome. [https://archive.today/20120907071249/http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4681651&c=MID&s=AIR "Israel Launches Ofeq-9 Satellite"]. Defense News, June 22, 2010
  • July 5 – Echad Ha'am 101 sitcom first episode is broadcast.[http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3905514,00.html Echad Ha'am 101 to be screened in cinemas], ynet, 15.06.10 {{in lang|he}}
  • July 10 – A new bill is introduced in the Knesset that would force Haredi Jewish schools to teach core subjects such as mathematics, science, English, and civics, or lose state funding.Jonathan Lis. [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/bill-could-force-haredi-schools-to-teach-math-or-lose-funding-1.301152 "Bill could force Haredi schools to teach math – or lose funding"]. Haaretz, September 15, 2010
  • July 26 – 2010 Israeli helicopter disaster in Romania: Six Israeli Air Force (IAF) officers (four pilots and two mechanics) and one Romanian Air Force officer die when an IAF Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter (known in Israel as a "Yasur") crashes, during a joint Israeli-Romanian aviation exercise in the Carpathian Mountains in northern Romania.Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Service and News Agencies. [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/netanyahu-romania-helicopter-crash-is-an-immense-tragedy-1.304236?localLinksEnabled=false "Netanyahu: Romania helicopter crash is an immense tragedy"]. Haaretz, July 26, 2010
  • July 27 – Following a court order, Israeli police demolish the Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb north of Beer Sheva, evicting 200 residents.[http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/27/israel.bedouins.demolitions/ "Bedouins evicted from village in southern Israel"]. CNN, July 27, 2010
  • August 3 – Lebanon border clash – An IDF officer is killed and another seriously wounded when they come under fire from Lebanese Armed Forces, while on a brush-clearing operation on Israel's side of the border with Lebanon, near kibbutz Misgav Am and the Lebanese village of Adaisseh. The IDF returns fire resulting in the death of two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist. Several Lebanese soldiers and another journalist are reportedly wounded.
  • August 6 – The Israeli Channel 2 reveals the Galant document, a document which allegedly is a purported PR plan designed to ensure that Yoav Galant would become the next chief of staff. Eventually a police investigation finds evidence that the document was forged and the appointment process of the Chief of General Staff is renewed.
  • August 19 – Israeli mathematician, Elon Lindenstrauss, is awarded the 2010 Fields Medal, becoming the first Israeli recipient of this award.{{cite news|title=Israeli wins world's most prestigious math prize |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3939799,00.html |work=Ynetnews |date=August 19, 2010 |access-date=22 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821172351/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3939799%2C00.html |archive-date=August 21, 2010 |url-status=live|df=mdy }}
  • October 10 – The Israeli cabinet approves a loyalty oath bill requiring all future non-Jews applying for an Israeli citizenship to swear loyalty to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3967149,00.html "Government approves loyalty oath bill"]. Ynetnews, October 10, 2010
  • November 10 – An Israeli Air Force F-16I crashes in Makhtesh Ramon while on a training over the Negev desert in southern Israel, killing both the pilot and navigator of the plane.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/bodies-of-iaf-pilot-and-navigator-found-after-f-16i-crash-in-negev-1.324188 "Bodies of IAF pilot and navigator found after F-16I crash in Negev"] Haaretz, November 11, 2010
  • November 14 – The Israeli cabinet approves a plan to allow a further 8,000 Falasha Mura, descendants of Ethiopians Jews who converted to Christianity, into the country.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11753909 "Israel to allow in 8,000 Falash Mura from Ethiopia"]. BBC, November 14, 2010[http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/11/14/2741728/8000-falash-mura-to-come-to-israel "8,000 more Falash Mura to come to Israel"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118141423/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/11/14/2741728/8000-falash-mura-to-come-to-israel |date=November 18, 2010 }} JTA, November 14, 2010
  • November 30 – After about four years of construction, the Carmel Tunnels were inaugurated and opened to traffic, cutting the current travel time from the Haifa South interchange in the west to the Checkpost interchange in the east from 40 minutes down to 8 minutes.{{cite web|url=http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=762530 |title=נענע10 – אור בקצה: מנהרות הכרמל נפתחו בחיפה – חדשות |publisher=News.nana10.co.il |access-date=September 9, 2011}}Ron Freidman, [http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=197455 "There’s light at the end of the Carmel Tunnels"] The Jerusalem Post, December 1, 2010
  • December 2 – The 2010 Mount Carmel forest fire{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/we-ll-evacuate-you-by-force-residents-told-as-carmel-wildfire-sweeps-towards-homes-1.328535|title=We'll evacuate you by force, residents told as Carmel wildfire sweeps towards homes|date=December 3, 2010|publisher=Haaretz| access-date= 3 December 2010 }} engulfs a bus carrying cadets from the Israel Prison Service's officer course en route to evacuate prisoners from the Damun Prison in the area of the fire, taking 44 lives, including 37 of the cadets and their officers.Ahiya Raved. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3993206,00.html "Israel's Deadliest Fire Leaves 40 Dead"] Ynetnews December 2, 2010Ahiya Raved. [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4000921,00.html "Carmel fire claims 44th victim"]. Ynetnews, December 18, 2010 "The fire devastates hundreds of acres of pine forest on Mount Carmel in northern Israel, close to the city of Haifa, and is eventually brought under control late on December 5, 2010.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3994847,00.html "Carmel fire fully extinguished"]. Ynetnews, December 6, 2010
  • December 30 – Israel's former President Moshe Katsav is convicted of two counts of rape, obstruction of justice and other sexual offences by a court in Tel Aviv.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12091982 "Israel ex-President Moshe Katsav found guilty of rape"] BBC, December 30, 2010

File:Carmel Tunnels, Check Post entrance 1.JPG|On November 30 the Carmel Tunnels were inaugurated and opened to traffic

File:Carmel_Fire_Highway2_near_HaBonim_021210.jpg|2010 Mount Carmel forest fire – the largest forest fire in Israel's history, December 2010

File:Moshe Katsav (00310100).jpg|On December 30 Israel's former President Moshe Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape, obstruction of justice and other sexual offences by a court in Tel Aviv

= Israeli–Palestinian conflict =

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File:Clinton Netanyahu Abbas Mitchell 2 Sep 2010.jpg, Mahmoud Abbas, George J. Mitchell and Hillary Clinton at the start of direct talks on September 2, 2010.]]

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 2010 include:

  • March 10 – Israel's government approves construction of an additional 1,600 apartments in a large Jewish housing development in northeastern Jerusalem called Ramat Shlomo.{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=170912|title='We'll prevent future embarrassments'|date=March 14, 2010|work=The Jerusalem Post| access-date= 29 July 2010 }} The Israeli government's announcement occurs during a visit by U.S. vice-president Joe Biden and the U.S. government subsequently issues a strongly worded condemnation of the plan.Sheera Frenkel. [https://archive.today/20110814073308/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7062808.ece "Anger in Ramat Shlomo as settlement row grows"]. The Times, London, March 16, 2010
  • May 31 – Israeli naval forces raid and capture a flotilla of ships, organized by the Free Gaza Movement and the Turkish Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), which are attempting to break the Israeli and Egyptian blockade of Gaza. During the takeover, a violent confrontation erupts on board the largest ship of the flotilla. As a result, nine activists are killed[http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/31/gaza.protest/index.html?hpt=T1 "Israeli assault on Gaza-bound flotilla leaves at least 9 dead"]. CNN, May 31, 2010Joshua Mitnick. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703703704575277632709673018?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEADNewsCollection "Flotilla Assault Spurs Crisis"]. The Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2010 and several dozen passengers and seven IDF soldiers are wounded.Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff, Anshel Pfeffer and News Agencies [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/at-least-10-activists-killed-in-israel-navy-clashes-onboard-gaza-aid-flotilla-1.293089Israel "Navy commandos: Gaza flotilla activists tried to lynch us"]. Haaretz, May 31, 2010Edmund Sanders [https://web.archive.org/web/20100531101434/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531,0,1839736.story "Israel criticized over raid on Gaza flotilla"]. Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2010
  • June 14 – The Israeli government announces the formation of the Turkel Commission of Inquiry to investigate the Gaza flotilla raid and the blockade of Gaza.[http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=178328 "PM announces raid c'tee framework"], The Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2010[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10305902.stm "Israel sets up inquiry into deadly Gaza flotilla raid"]. BBC News, June 14, 2010
  • September 2 – 2010 direct talks: U.S. launches direct negotiations between Israel and The Palestinian Authority in Washington D.C.[http://www.israelemb.org/index.php/en/latest-news/280-behind-the-headlines-the-resumption-of-direct-talks-between-israel-and-the-palestinians "Behind the Headlines: The resumption of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians"]. Embassy of Israel, Washington D.C., September 2, 2010
  • September 14 – 2010 direct talks: A second round of Middle East peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority concludes in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.Herb Keinon. [http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=188060 "Second round of peace talks wraps up in Sharm e-Sheikh"] The Jerusalem Post, September 28, 2010
  • September 26 – The Israeli 10-month moratorium in construction of new settlement homes in the West Bank expires at 22.00 (GMT).[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11415719 "Netanyahu urges talks as Israel settlement freeze ends"]. BBC, September 3, 2010
  • September 28 – The Israeli Navy intercepts the ship Irene, heading from Cyprus towards Gaza and carrying nine Jewish activists from the US, the UK, Germany and Israel, which was attempting to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

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The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2010 include:

  • February 1 – The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), a Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip with close ties to Hamas, tries to carry out an attack on Israel by means of bombs placed in barrels and sent into the Mediterranean Sea from the Gaza coast.{{cite news | title = Possible third barrel bomb discovered at Palmahim beach | url = http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=167688 | work=Jerusalem Post | date = February 1, 2010 | access-date =February 13, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100206095808/http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=167688| archive-date=February 6, 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • February 24 – Murder of Neta Sorek
  • March 26 – A team of IDF soldiers from Golani Brigade, who cross the border into the Gaza Strip pursuing several people are seen placing explosive devices near the Israeli border fence, is ambushed and attacked with mortar shells and gunfire from inside the Strip. Two IDF soldiers are killed and three are injured. Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for the attack.{{cite news | title = IDF tanks leave Gaza after clashes | url = http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=171895 | work=Jerusalem Post | date = March 26, 2010 | access-date =March 26, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100329014600/http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=171895| archive-date=March 29, 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • June 11 – A Palestinian militant attempts to run over two Israeli border policemen in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz, close to the Old City Walls. Other members of the border police force, who are at the scene, shoot and critically wound the driver as he tries to escape. The two policemen are lightly injured and receive medical treatment on the spot.{{cite news | title = Terrorist Runs Over Two Border Policemen | url = http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138013 | work=Arutz Sheva | date = June 11, 2010 | access-date =June 11, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100613143225/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138013| archive-date=June 13, 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • June 14 – One Israeli policeman is killed and three policemen are injured when Palestinian militants open fire on their vehicle on Highway 60, south of Hebron.{{cite news | title = Policeman killed in shooting attack south of Hebron | url = http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3904693,00.html | work=Ynet | date = June 14, 2010 | access-date =June 14, 2010 }}
  • August 31 – 2010 Palestinian militancy campaign: August 2010 West Bank shooting – Four Israelis, including a pregnant woman, are killed by Palestinian militants in a shooting in the West Bank next to Kiryat Arba, when a gunman opens fire on their car. Hamas claim responsibility for the attack.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/four-israelis-killed-in-shooting-attack-near-hebron-1.311318 Four Israelis killed in shooting attack near Hebron] Haaretz, August 31, 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3947089,00.html |title=4 Israelis killed in shooting attack – Israel News, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010121854/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3947089%2C00.html |archive-date=October 10, 2010 |url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11144742 |title=Four Israelis shot dead near West Bank settlement |publisher=BBC News |date=August 31, 2010 |access-date=September 28, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100901065809/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11144742| archive-date=September 1, 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • September 1 – 2010 Palestinian militancy campaign: Rimonim junction shooting: Palestinian militants open fire on an Israeli car near Kochav HaShachar in the West Bank moderately injuring an Israeli man and lightly injuring an Israeli woman. Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack.[http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/2-israelis-wounded-in-second-west-bank-shooting-attack-in-two-days-1.311583 Two Israelis wounded in second West Bank shooting attack in two days]Haaretz, September 1, 2010
  • September 26 – 2010 Palestinian militancy campaign: Palestinian gunmen open fire on a pregnant woman and her husband in their car, wounding them both in the legs. The gunmen also shoot at another car, whose occupants evade injury.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100929071211/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD9IFPKK80 West Bank shooting attack injures Israeli woman], Associated Press September 26, 2010[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3960307,00.html Woman injured in shooting attack has son via C-section], Ynet News September 26, 2010[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139781 "Arab Terror Groups Claim Responsibility for Shooting Attack,"] Gil Ronen and Elad Benari, September 27, 2010, Israel National News..[http://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-oproximo-israeli-da-luz-horas-despues-ser-tiroteada-cisjordania-20100926233141.html "Una israelí da a luz horas después de ser tiroteada en Cisjordania,"] September 26, 2010, Europa press.[http://www.repubblica.it/ultimora/24ore/m-o-colona-ferita-da-miliziano-si-salva-e-partorisce/news-dettaglio/3844596 "Colona ferita da Miliziano Si Salva e Partorisce,"] September 27, 2010, La Republica. Fatah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for the attack.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3960342,00.html Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim responsibility for shooting attack], Ynet News September 27, 2010
  • December 18 – Murder of Kristine Luken: An American Christian missionary, Kristine Luken, is murdered and her British-born Israeli friend is seriously wounded by two knife-wielding Palestinian militants while hiking in a forest near Beit Shemesh, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.{{cite news | title = U.S. Tourist Murdered in Israel | url = https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-tourist-murdered-israel-survivor-claims-arab-attackers/story?id=12438149 | work=ABC News International | date = December 20, 2010 | access-date =February 2, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110122082005/https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-tourist-murdered-israel-survivor-claims-arab-attackers/story?id=12438149| archive-date=January 22, 2011 | url-status= live}} Four Palestinians, members of a Palestinian terror cell, are later indicted for the attack, which was described as nationalist orientated.{{cite news | title = Christian Missionary Kristine Luken Mistaken for Jewish by Palestinian Killers| url = https://abcnews.go.com/International/palestinians-charged-murder-american-kristine-luken/story?id=12767240 | work=ABC News International | date = January 26, 2011 | access-date =February 2, 2011}}

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets

The most prominent Israeli counter-terrorist operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 2010 include:

  • March 26–27 – March 2010 Israel–Gaza clashes between Israel and Palestinian groups
  • May 26 – Israel launches two night-time air strikes on the Gaza Strip in response to mortar attacks and the detonation of 200 kg of explosives laden on a donkey-cart next to the border fence.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10160892.stm |publisher=BBC News | title=Israel bombs Gaza in night raid | date=May 26, 2010| access-date= 19 August 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=176452 |title=Donkey detonated on Gaza border |work=Jerusalem Post |location=Israel |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • July 21 – Two militants of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine are killed and another six wounded by Israeli shelling as they approached the Gaza Strip-Israel border near Beit Hanoun. A ten-year-old girl is also wounded.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/21/israeli-shell-kills-palestinian |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Harriet |last=Sherwood |title=Israel shelling kills Palestinian 'militant' at Gaza border |date=July 22, 2010 |access-date=8 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013141205/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/21/israeli-shell-kills-palestinian |archive-date=October 13, 2010 |url-status=live|df=mdy }}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10717185 |work=BBC News |title=Man killed and child injured by IDF strike on Gaza |date=July 21, 2010 |access-date=8 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831145202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10717185 |archive-date=August 31, 2010 |url-status=live|df=mdy }}{{cite news| url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/israeli-fire-kills-two-in-gaza-medics-20100722-10lg9.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Israeli fire kills two in Gaza: medics | date=July 22, 2010| access-date= 8 October 2010 }}
  • September 5 – Israeli F-16 warplanes launch airstrikes on Gaza smuggling tunnels, with one Palestinian dead and several injured, in retaliation for recent attacks from the Gaza Strip.{{cite web|last=Mcquaid |first=Elwood |url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=187102 |title=IAF responds to last week's attacks, bombs... JPost – Middle East |work=Jerusalem Post |access-date=September 9, 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11191266 |work=BBC News |title=One dead in Israeli raids on Gaza |date=September 5, 2010 |access-date=2 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907213108/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11191266 |archive-date=September 7, 2010 |url-status=live|df=mdy }}
  • September 12 – IDF soldiers identify a group of armed men approaching Israel from Gaza near Kibbutz Erez, killing three; Palestinian sources claim that two were farmers.{{cite web|last=Mcquaid |first=Elwood |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=187857 |title=IDF foils attempted terror attack at Gaza borde... JPost – Israel |work=Jerusalem Post |access-date=September 9, 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11278903 |work=BBC News |title=Israeli tank fire kills three in Gaza |date=September 12, 2010 |access-date=8 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917045434/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11278903 |archive-date=September 17, 2010 |url-status=live|df=mdy }}{{cite web|agency=Reuters |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE68B0DT.htm |title=Israeli shelling kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza |publisher=AlertNet |date=September 12, 2010 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • September 14 – One Palestinian gunman is killed and four more are wounded in a Gaza firefight after launching RPGs and missiles at IDF soldiers.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3954243,00.html |title=IDF thwarts attack: Gaza terrorist killed, 4 wounded – Israel News, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • September 28 – Three al-Quds Brigades militants are killed by an Israeli airstrike. The IDF claims they were preparing to fire into Israel.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3961133,00.html |title=3 Jihad members killed in Gaza strike – Israel News, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}

Notable deaths

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  • January 9 – Bruria Kaufman (born 1918), American-born Israeli physicist.{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7047139.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523235820/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7047139.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 23, 2010 |location=London |work=The Times | title=Bruria KaufmanHarris physicist who worked with Albert Einstein | date=March 3, 2010| access-date= 9 July 2010 }}
  • January 9 – Nadav Levitan (born 1945), Israeli film director and screenwriter – lung disease.{{cite web|last=Anderman |first=Nirit |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142076.html |title=Nadav Levitan, 1945–2010 – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |location=Israel |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • January 20 – Abraham Sutzkever (born 1913), Polish-born Israeli poet{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/books/24sutkever.html | work=The New York Times | title=Abraham Sutzkever, 96, Jewish Poet and Partisan, Dies | first=Joseph | last=Berger | date=January 24, 2010| access-date= 9 July 2010 }}
  • February 3 – Elazar ben Tsedaka ben Yitzhaq (born 1927), Samaritan High Priest.[http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=168154 Samaritans mourn their high priest] Jerusalem Post, February 8, 2010.
  • February 4 – Meir Pichhadze (born 1955), Soviet (Georgian)-born Israeli artist and painter – cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3844423,00.html |title=Painter Meir Pichhadze dies at 54 – Israel Culture, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • February 10 – Yosef Azran (born 1941), Moroccan-born Israeli rabbi and politician, member of Knesset (1988–1996) – liver failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135965 |title=Chief Rabbi of Rishon LeTzion, Fmr. MK Yosef Azran, Passes Away – Jewish World – Israel News |publisher=Israel National News |date=October 19, 1941 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • February 21 – Menachem Porush (born 1916), Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1959–1975, 1977–1994).{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/181022 |title=News Briefs |publisher=Israel National News |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • February 28 – David Bankier (born 1947), German-born Israeli Holocaust scholar.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/world/middleeast/01bankier.html | work=The New York Times | title=David Bankier, Scholar of Holocaust, Dies at 63 | first=Ethan | last=Bronner | date=February 28, 2010| access-date= 9 July 2010 }}
  • March 8 – David Kimche (born 1928), British-born Israeli diplomat, Mossad agent (1953–1980) – brain cancer.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8558332.stm |publisher=BBC News | title=Israeli 'spymaster' dies aged 82 | date=March 9, 2010| access-date= 9 July 2010 }}
  • March 26 – Shmuel Katz (born 1926), Austrian-born Israeli caricaturist and illustrator.{{cite web|last=Anderman |first=Nirit |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1159587.html |title=Shmuel Katz, 1926–2010 / Caricaturist and illustrator of Israel's best-loved children's books dies at 83 – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |location=Israel |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • April 29 – Avigdor Arikha (born 1929), Romanian-born Israeli painter – complications of cancer.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/arts/01arikha.html?hpw | work=The New York Times | title=Avigdor Arikha, Israeli Artist of the Everyday, Dies at 81 | first=Margalit | last=Fox | date=May 1, 2010| access-date= 9 July 2010 }}
  • May 14 – David Maimon (born 1929), Israeli general, head of the Israel Prison Service.{{cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/186289 |title=News Briefs |publisher=Israel National News |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • May 30 – Arie Eliav (born 1921), Russian-born Israeli politician – after long illness.{{cite web|last=Mualem |first=Mazal |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/prominent-politician-and-left-wing-activist-aryeh-eliav-dies-at-age-88-1.293076 |title=Prominent politician and left-wing activist Arie Eliav dies at 88 – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |location=Israel |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • June 7 – Mordechai Eliyahu (born 1929), Israeli rabbi, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993).{{cite web|last=Mandel |first=Jonah |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177746 |title=Rabbi Eliyahu, 81, dies in Jerusalem |work=Jerusalem Post |location=Israel |access-date=September 28, 2010}}
  • July 9 – Yehuda Amital (born 1924), Romanian-born Israeli rabbi and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3917390,00.html |title=Rabbi Yehuda Amital dies at 85 – Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • July 27 – Tzvi Kamil (born 1935), Polish-born Israeli scientist and inventor.[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/nuclear-expert-zvi-kamil-dies-at-75-1.304677 Nuclear expert Zvi Kamil dies at 75] Haaretz, July 29, 2010
  • September 2 – Shmuel Eisenstadt (born 1923), Polish-born Israeli sociologist.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3948435,00.html |title=Israel Prize laureate Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt dies at 87 – Israel News, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • September 8 – Israel Tal (born 1924), Israeli general known for leading the development of Israel's Merkava tank.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3951575,00.html |title=Father of Merkava tank dies at 86 – Israel News, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • September 21 – Shabtai Rosenne (born 1917), British-born Israeli diplomat and professor of international law – cardiac arrest.{{cite web|last=Ravid |first=Barak |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/turkel-committee-member-shabtai-rosenne-dies-at-93-1.315062 |title=Turkel committee member Shabtai Rosenne dies at 93 – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=Haaretz |location=Israel |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • September 28 – Israel Dostrovsky (born 1918), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli scientist, fifth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science.[http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/ScienceAndEnvironment/Article.aspx?id=189590 Prof. Israel Dostrovsky dies at 92] Jerusalem Post, September 29, 2010
  • October 27 – Ehud Netzer (born 1934), Israeli archaeologist – injuries from a fall.{{cite web|last=Mcquaid |first=Elwood |url=http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=193191 |title=Ehud Netzer, leading archaeologist dies in J... JPost – Headlines |work=Jerusalem Post |date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • October 29 – Yisrael Katz (born 1927), Austrian-born Israeli politician and former minister.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3976782,00.html |title=ynet הלך לעולמו שר העבודה בממשלת בגין, הד"ר ישראל כץ – חדשות |publisher=Ynet.co.il |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • November 2 – Sarah Doron (born 1922), Lithuanian-born Israeli politician and government minister.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3978958,00.html |title=Former Minister Sarah Doron dies at 88 – Israel News, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • November 9 – Amos Lavi (born 1953), Libyan-born Israeli actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3982263,00.html |title=ynet השחקן עמוס לביא הלך לעולמו – תרבות ובידור |publisher=Ynet.co.il |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • December 9 – Dov Shilansky (born 1924), Lithuanian-born Israeli politician, Speaker of the Knesset.{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3996740,00.html |title=Former Knesset Speaker Dov Shilansky dies – Israel News, Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • December 18 – Max Jammer (born 1915), German-born Israeli physicist.{{cite web|url=http://www1.biu.ac.il/index.php?id=3&pt=20&pid=4&level=1&cPath=4&type=1&news=1219 |title=Bar Ilan University |publisher=.biu.ac.il |date=December 19, 2010 |access-date=September 9, 2011}}
  • December 28 – Avi Cohen (born 1956), Egyptian-born Israeli footballer – motorcycle accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12086368 |work=BBC News |title=Israeli former football international Avi Cohen dies |date=December 28, 2010 |access-date=29 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229080344/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12086368 |archive-date=December 29, 2010 |url-status=live|df=mdy }}[http://cards.littleoak.com.au/rip_notices/rip_2010.html Death notices] Nigel's Webspace – Galleries of English Football Cards, retrieved February 7, 2010

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