2025 in Israel
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Events of the year 2025 in Israel.
Incumbents
[edit]- President of Israel – Isaac Herzog
- Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu
- President of the Supreme Court – Yitzhak Amit
- Chief of General Staff – Herzi Halevi
- Government of Israel – Thirty-seventh government of Israel
Ongoing events
[edit]- Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the West Bank
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israel–Hamas war protests in Israel
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January – Former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant resigns from the Knesset.[1]
- 5 January – The first 50 Haredi Jewish soldiers are drafted into the Hasmonean Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).[2]
- 6 January – Palestinian gunmen kill three Israelis and injure eight others in a mass shooting against a bus in al-Funduq, West Bank.[3]
- 17 January –
- The Cabinet of Israel approves a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.[4]
- Defense Minister Israel Katz announces that all Israeli settlers in administrative detention will be released in response to the release of Palestinian prisoners in the ceasefire deal.[5]
- 19 January –
- The ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Hamas comes into effect.[6] The first three female hostages are released by Hamas and returned to Israel.[7]
- Itamar Ben-Gvir resigns as Minister of National Security in protest against the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.[8] Two other members of his Otzma Yehudit party—Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu and Negev, Galilee and National Resilience Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf—resign from the coalition government alongside Ben-Gvir. Knesset members Zvika Fogel, Limor Son Har-Melech and Yitzhak Kroizer also resign from their positions.[9]
- The IDF announces that the body of Oron Shaul, who was killed and captured by Hamas during the 2014 Gaza War, was recovered in an operation in Northern Gaza.[10]
Art and entertainment
[edit]Holidays
[edit]Source:[11]
- 13 April - Passover
- 19 April - Seventh day of Passover
- 14 May - Independence Day
- 2 June - Feast of Shavuot
- 23–24 September – Rosh Hashanah
- 2 October – Yom Kippur
- 7 October – Sukkot
- 14 October – Simchat Torah
Deaths
[edit]- 2 January – Ágnes Keleti, (b. 1921), Hungarian-born artistic gymnast, Olympic champion (1952, 1956).[12]
- 9 January – Shulamith Shahar, (b. 1928), Latvian-born historian.[13]
- 18 January – Ze'ev Revach, (b. 1940), Moroccan-born actor (Charlie Ve'hetzi, Hagiga B'Snuker, The Farewell Party) and comedian.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Sokol, Sam. "Gallant resigns from Knesset, denounces imminent bill to exempt Haredim from IDF". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "First 50 ultra-Orthodox soldiers drafted to IDF's new Haredi brigade". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Gunmen targeting bus in the occupied West Bank kill 3 people". AP News. 2025-01-06. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ "Israeli security cabinet approves ceasefire and hostage deal: Live updates". CNN. 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "Katz releases all settlers in administrative detention, ties it to Palestinians' release". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ "Key events that led to Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal in Gaza". BBC. 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Who are the Israelis released on the first day of the ceasefire?". AP News. 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who resigned from Netanyahu's Cabinet?". AP News. 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Sokol, Sam. "Otzma Yehudit exits coalition over Gaza deal, blasting it as 'victory for terrorism'". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "Body of soldier Oron Shaul, killed and captured by Hamas in 2014, recovered from Gaza". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Israel Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Hungarian-born Israeli gymnast Ágnes Keleti dies at 103". The Jerusalem Post. 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
- ^ פרופ' (אמריטה) שולמית שחר ז"ל – תנחומים מאוניברסיטת תל אביב (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Storied Israeli actor Ze'ev Revach dies at 84". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
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