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2024 in Israel

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Events of the year 2024 in Israel.

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February

March

April

May

  • 1 May – Following American pressure, Israel reopens the Erez Crossing and allows aid trucks into the northern part of the Gaza Strip.[77]
  • 2 May –
    • Turkey suspends all trade with Israel in response to their conduct in the war in Gaza, after previously suspending exports in a limited category of goods in April.[78]
    • Several people are injured in alleged Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, the first since the attack on the Iranian consulate in April.[79]
  • 5 May –
    • Ten Israeli civilians are injured after Hamas launches a rocket barrage at the Kerem Shalom border crossing.[80]
    • Al Jazeera goes off the air in Israel after the government announces a decision to shut the broadcaster’s operations following a long-running feud with the network.[81]
    • Israeli air raids in Meiss Ej Jabal, Lebanon, cause "massive destruction" according to a Lebanese state-run agency, killing four civilians and injuring three others. In response, Hezbollah fires dozens of Katyusha and Falaq rockets towards Kiryat Shmona.[82]
    • Hamas announces the end of ceasefire talks in Cairo, Egypt, while Israel vows to continue its military operations.[83]
  • 6 May –
    • Israel tells Gazans to evacuate part of Rafah ahead of a planned ground offensive.[84]
    • Hamas states that it has accepted the ceasefire proposal from Qatar and Egypt; Israel, however, rejects the proposal, saying it is "unacceptable".[85]
  • 7 May –
  • 8 May –
    • Israeli troops reach the outskirts of Rafah with Hamas saying that heavy fighting is underway. The Israeli military says it has "uncovered terrorist infrastructure", and killed a number of Hamas militants as it advances.[87]
    • Israel reopens the Kerem Shalom border crossing, allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. However, no aid has entered according to the UN.[88]
  • 9 May –
    • US President Joe Biden vows to withhold weapons from Israel if they launch a major invasion of Rafah.[89]
    • Israeli tanks and warplanes strike eastern Rafah, killing more than 65 civilians and causing 80,000 people to flee.[89]
  • 12 May – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns Israel lacks a credible plan to protect Rafah civilians.[90]
  • 13 May –
  • 14 May – Israeli tanks enter residential areas of Rafah as they attempt to capture the city. Hamas' armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades says that it destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with a Al-Yassin 105 anti-tank missile, killing several troops and injuring several others, while the IDF claims to have "eliminated" several terrorists in the city.[93]
  • 15 May – Five Israeli soldiers are killed in a friendly fire incident in Jabalia after IDF tanks open fire on their position.[94]
  • 16 May – Palestinian fighters, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, claim dozens of attacks on Israeli troops in and around the Jabalia refugee camp.[95]
  • 17 May –
    • Humanitarian aid deliveries begin arriving at the U.S.-built Gaza floating pier.[96]
    • The IDF recovers from Rafah the bodies of three people killed in the Re'im music festival massacre last October, including Shani Louk.[97]
    • Hamas announces that an Israeli strike killed Sharhabil Sayed, a Hamas commander in Lebanon.[98]
    • Israel announces that an airstrike kills Islaam Hamaisa, a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Jenin Brigades.[99]
  • 18 May –
  • 20 May – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan requests a warrant for Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.[102]
  • 21 May –
  • 23 May – At least 60 Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City.[105]
  • 24 May –
  • 26 May –
    • The Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas fire rockets towards Tel Aviv area in central Israel for the first time in four months.[108]
    • Four U.S. Army vessels wash up on Israeli beaches, two of them in the Gaza Strip.[109]
  • 27 May – One Egyptian guard is killed in a shootout at the Rafah Border Crossing.[110]
  • 28 May –
  • 30 May – The IDF lifts a ban on the sale of food to the Gaza Strip from Israel and the occupied West Bank.[115]
  • 31 May –

June

  • 5 June – Hezbollah strikes an Iron Dome battery in Ramot Naftali.[118]
  • 6 June –
  • 7 June –
  • 8 June – 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation: Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas and held in the Nuseirat refugee camp, including Noa Argamani, are rescued in an Israeli special operation.[124]
  • 9 June –
    • Benny Gantz resigns from the war cabinet, citing Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to achieve a "true victory" in Gaza.[125]
    • Two people are killed in IDF airstrikes near Aitaroun, Lebanon according to the National News Agency.[126]
  • 12 June – Israel kills three Hezbollah fighters and Taleb Abdullah, a senior commander, in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah retaliates by launching over 250 rockets towards northern Israel, the most it had deployed in the war.[127]
  • 14 June –
    • The U.N. pauses humanitarian aid deliveries at the U.S.-constructed Gaza floating pier pending investigations on if it was involved in the Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp and on its security for humanitarian workers.[128]
    • The U.S. military announces plans to temporarily dismantle the Gaza floating pier and move it to Israel following predictions of rough seas, halting its humanitarian aid shipments for the 3rd time in one month.[129]
    • The U.S. State Department officially adds the Israeli group Tsav 9 to its list of sanctioned entities for impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.[130]
  • 15 June – Eight Israeli soldiers are killed in an ambush in Tal al-Sultan, Rafah.[131]
  • 17 June –
    • Prime minister Netanyahu announces the dissolution of the war cabinet following the earlier resignation of Benny Gantz.[132]
    • Eight Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire while waiting for commercial trucks in Gaza.[133]
    • Hezbollah commander Muhammad Ahmed Ayoub is allegedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in Selaa, Lebanon, with further strikes occurring against Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon.[134]
  • 19 June –
    • Three Hezbollah militants are killed in an Israeli strike in Tyre, Lebanon.[135]
    • Two Hezbollah rockets damages several Israeli military vehicles in northern Israel.[135]
    • Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah threatens Cyprus if it allows Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises.[136]
  • 20 June – The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land. The ship was discovered last year by a company drilling for natural gas off the coast of Northern Israel.[137]
  • 21 June – Israel and Ukraine mutually impose travel restrictions to each others' citizens, preventing reciprocal visa-free travel without an authorization permit.[138]
  • 23 June –
    • The Houthis claim to have carried out a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq to target four vessels in the Port of Haifa.[139]
    • More than 150,000 Israelis rally and march in Tel Aviv to protest against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government, calling for new elections, the return of hostages, and a ceasefire.[140]
  • 24 June –
    • Eleven Palestinians, including the director of Gaza's Ambulance and Emergency Department, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on the al-Shati refugee camp, Bani Suhaila, and Gaza City.[141]
    • Prime Minister Netanyahu rejects the U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal for the war in Gaza, instead committing to continuing the war and "the goal of eliminating Hamas."[142]
  • 25 June –
  • 26 June – An Israeli airstrike on a home in Beit Lahia in North Gaza allegedly kills at least 15 Palestinians.[145]
  • 30 June –

July

August

September

October

November

  • 1 November – The United Nations declares the situation in northern Gaza as "apocalyptic", with the entire Palestinian population at "imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence" due to Israeli bombardments and aid blockage.[376]
  • 2 November – Six people are injured, including two children, in an Israeli strike on a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza as the World Health Organization vaccination campaign resumes with its second phase.[377]
  • 3 November –
    • More than 50 children are killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia in northern Gaza in the past two days.[378]
    • At least 31 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, primarily in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian medics.[379]
    • 18 people are killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes on over two dozen settlements in the Beqaa Valley.[380]
    • Three people are killed and nine others are injured in Israeli airstrikes in Sidon, Lebanon.[381]
  • 4 November –
    • At least twelve Palestinians are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, including seven at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia.[382]
    • Police arrest a top aide to Prime Minister Netanyahu after opponents accuse the aide of leaking allegedly false classified intelligence to prevent a potential Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal.[383][384][385]
    • At least three people are killed in an Israeli attack on residential buildings in Ghazieh and Sidon.[386]
  • 5 November –
    • At least 29 Palestinians are killed in Israeli airstrikes on several refugee camps across the Gaza Strip.[387]
    • Thirty people are killed after an Israeli airstrike against a residential building in Barja, Lebanon.[388]
    • Yoav Gallant is dismissed as defense minister by Prime Minister Netanyahu and is replaced by foreign minister Israel Katz, who is in turn replaced by Gideon Saar.[389] The decision leads to widespread protests.[390]
  • 6 November –
  • 7 November –
  • 8 November – Pro-Palestinian locals attack supporters of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. after a match with AFC Ajax in Amsterdam, Netherlands, following instances of anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab chants and vandalism by Maccabi ultras. At least 30 people are injured, with five hospitalized, and 62 people are arrested. Dutch authorities condemn the attacks as antisemitic with the government of Amsterdam subsequently banning protests and demonstrations in the city for three days.[400][401][402]
  • 9 November –
    • At least one Palestinian man is killed and two others are injured in a raid by Israeli forces in Aqqaba in the West Bank.[403]
    • At least 40 people, including several children, are killed in Israeli airstrikes on several cities in Lebanon.[404]
  • 10 November –
    • At least 40 people are killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, including at least 24 in the Jabalia refugee camp. The IDF claims they killed a top Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander in the strikes.[405][406][407]
    • An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City kills Wael al-Khour, a minister in the Hamas-run government, along with his wife and their three children.[408]
    • Qatar withdraws from ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel as mediator due to "a refusal to negotiate a deal in good faith" from both sides.[409][410][411]
    • An Israeli airstrike in the village of Aalmat, Lebanon, kills at least 23 people, including seven children, and injures six others.[412]
  • 11 November –
    • At least 30 people are killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, including at least 20 in the Nuseirat refugee camp.[413]
    • At least 44 people are killed and 88 more injured during Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon.[414]
  • 12 November –
  • 13 November –
    • Six Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade are killed in a three-hour gun battle with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon.[416]
    • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that Turkey has suspended all diplomatic relations with and will not develop any further relations with Israel. However, the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv will continue to operate. Israel's foreign ministry denies any change in its diplomatic relationship with Turkey.[417][418][419]
  • 14 November –
    • Fifteen rescue workers are killed during an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese Civil Defense's headquarters in Baalbek.[420]
    • Sixteen people are killed and 15 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes against residential buildings in Damascus, Syria. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad announces that a number of its militants are among the fatalities.[421]
  • 17 November –
    • Pope Francis calls for the global community to investigate whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.[422]
    • At least 72 people are killed, a third of whom are children, in an Israeli strike against a residential building in Beit Lahia.[423][424]
    • An Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese Ba'ath Party headquarters in Ras el-Nabaa, Beirut, kills seven people, including Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif. Sixteen others are wounded. Three people are also killed and 29 more injured in another airstrike in Mar Elias.[425][426]
  • 18 November –
    • Hezbollah launches more than 100 missiles at Israel, mainly targeting Tel Aviv, killing one person and injuring dozens of others.[427]
    • Five people are killed and 24 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike on Zuqaq al-Blat, Beirut.[428]
    • Hezbollah and Lebanon both agree to an American proposal for a ceasefire.[429]
  • 19 November – Three Lebanese soldiers are killed and 17 other people are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Sarafand.[430][431]
  • 20 November –
  • 21 November –
  • 22 November –
    • An Israeli airstrike targeting the Dar El Amal Hospital in Duris in the Bekaa Valley, kills the hospital director and six other health workers.[438][439]
    • At least five medics are killed when Israeli airstrikes hit a multistorey building in Chyah, Beirut.[439]
  • 23 November –
  • 24 November –
    • The government approves a resolution barring government funding agencies from communicating or placing advertisements with the newspaper Haaretz following critical articles on the Israel–Hamas war and statements made by publisher Amos Schocken.[443]
    • Israeli artillery targets a Lebanese Army base in Tyre District, killing one soldier and injuring 18 others.[444]
    • Hezbollah launches over 300 missiles at Israel, targeting the Ashdod Naval Base for the first time and injuring eleven people.[445]
    • At least six people are killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, one in the Nuseirat refugee camp, two in the Maghazi refugee camp, and three in Rafah. The IDF issues a new evacuation order in Shuja'iyya, Gaza City.[446]
    • Missing Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan is found murdered in the United Arab Emirates, with three Uzbek nationals later arrested for the murder.[447][448]
    • An unidentified gunman injures three police officers near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, before being shot dead.[449]
  • 25 November – Foreign ministers of the G7 nations hold a meeting in Fiuggi and Anagni, Italy, to discuss ceasefire efforts between Israel and Lebanon as well as the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed Deif.[450]
  • 26 November –
    • The Security Cabinet of Israel agrees to a 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon.[451][452]
    • For the first time since the start of the conflict, the IDF issues evacuation orders for central Beirut, warning residents of four neighbourhoods to leave as soon as possible.[453] Airstrikes are later carried out by the IAF across several areas of Beirut, hitting at least 20 locations and resulting in several casualties.[454]
  • 27 November –
    • A ceasefire agreement comes into effect between Israel and Hezbollah, under which both of its forces would withdraw from southern Lebanon south of the Litani River in exchange for the Lebanese army being deployed in the area.[455]
    • Seventeen people, including one journalist, are killed in Israeli strikes on the Kamal Adwan Hospital and the Nuseirat refugee camp.[456][457][458]
    • The Biden administration provisionally approves a $680 million military arms package to Israel, including hundreds of small diameter bombs and thousands of JDAMs.[459]
  • 28 November – Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of violating ceasefire terms that came into action the prior day, following an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah missile storage facility and the IDF opening fire on suspected combatants moving into southern Lebanon. [460]
  • 29 November – A gunman injures eight people on a bus near the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank. The attack is claimed by al-Qassam Brigades.[461]
  • 30 November – Two people are killed and six more injured in three Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, despite the mutually agreed ceasefire.[462]

December

  • 8 December – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the IDF to seize control over the buffer zone separating it and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights that had been in place since 1974 following the collapse of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.[463]
  • 9 December – The IDF destroys multiple vessels of the Syrian Navy following attacks on the ports of Al-Bayda and Latakia.[464]
  • 12 December – Paraguay moves its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem for the second time since relocating it to Tel Aviv in 2018.[465]
  • 15 December – Israel announces that it will close its embassy in Ireland due to what it describes as "the extreme anti-Israel policies of the Irish government". An Taoiseach Simon Harris calls the decision "deeply regrettable", while the Tánaiste Micheál Martin says that there are no plans to close the Irish embassy in Israel.[466]
  • 21 December – A rocket fired from Yemen hits Tel Aviv, injuring 16 people.[467]
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