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Events in the year 2001 in Israel.

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Events

Masada and the Old City of Acre, Israel are designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites
  • The Israeli developed and produced assault rifle Tavor TAR-21 was first introduced to the IDF forces.
    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:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

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Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2001

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

Dolphinarium discothèque suicide bombing
  • 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.[4]
  • January 17 –
    Ofir Rahum through an Online chat by pretending to be an American tourist and invites him to meet her in Jerusalem for a seemingly romantic meeting. She manages to drive him to a remote area in the outskirts of Ramallah where a Palestinian terrorist cell shows up and kills Rahum.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • March 4 – Netanya bombing: 3 elderly Israelis are killed in a suicide bombing in downtown of the coastal city of Netanya. Hamas claims responsibility.[7]
  • March 26 – Murder of Shalhevet Pass: a Palestinian sniper killed the 10-month-old Israeli infant Shalhevet Pass in the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Hebron.
  • March 27 – Talpiot industrial zone bombing: 7 people are injured when a car explodes during the morning rush hour in the Talpiot neighborhood in southeast Jerusalem. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[8]
  • March 27 –
    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.[9]
  • March 28 – Mifgash Shalom attack: 3 Israelis are killed in a suicide bombing. Hamas claims responsibility.[10]
  • 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.[11][12]
  • 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.[13]
  • 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.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • May 27 – Jerusalem bombings: two car bombs explode in the center of Jerusalem. The explosions caused no serious injuries. PFLP claimed responsibility.[16]
  • May 30 – Netanya school bombing: a car bomb explodes outside a school in the coastal city of Netanya. The explosion caused no serious injuries. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[17]
  • 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.[18][19][20][21]
  • June 22 – Dugit bombing: 2 Israeli soldiers are killed when a Booby trapped car explodes near the Jewish settlement of Dugit. Hamas claimed responsibility.[22]
  • 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.[23]
  • 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.[24][25]
  • 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.[26]
  • August 7 – Zohar Shurgi, 40, of moshav Yafit, was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on Trans-Samaria Highway.[27]
  • August 9 –
    Islamic Jihad initially claim responsibility.[28]
  • 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.[29]
  • August 21 – Russian Compound bombing: Palestinian militants explode a bomb in the center of Jerusalem. The explosions caused no serious injuries.[30]
  • September 4 – Jerusalem car bombings: Four bombs explode at the same time in Jerusalem. The explosions caused no serious injuries.[31]
  • 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.[32]
  • September 9 – Beit Lid Junction bombing: 12 Israelis are injured when 2 car bombs explode near a bus at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya. The Islamic Jihad claim responsibility.[33]
  • September 15 – Meir Weisshaus, 23, of Jerusalem, was fatally shot in a
    Ramot-French Hill road.[34]
  • October 1 – Talpiot neighborhood bombing
  • October 7 – Erez Crossing bombing
  • October 7 – Kibbutz Shluhot bombing [35]
  • October 17 –
    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.[36]
  • November 26 – Erez Crossing bombing [37]
  • November 29 –
    Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility.[38][39]
  • December 1 –
    Ben Yehuda Street Bombing[40]
  • December 2 – Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing[41]
  • December 5 – Hilton Mamilla bombing [42]
  • December 9 – Check Post Junction bombing [37]
  • December 12 – Neve Dekalim bombing [43]

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military

Palestinian militants
during 2001 include:

Unknown dates

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

Notable births

Deni Avdija
  • January 1 – Deni Avdija, Israeli-Serbian basketball player[59]
  • March 12 – Anna Zak, Russian-born Israeli singer, model, and influencer
  • April 10 – Noa Kirel, musician
  • October 3 – Liel Abada, association footballer

Notable deaths

Major public holidays

See also

References

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