Events in the year 2006 in

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Incumbents

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–

Moshe Katsav Moshe Katsav (; born Musa Qassab; 5 December 1945) is an Israeli former politician and was the president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. He was also a leading Likud member of the Israeli Knesset and a minister in its Cabinet of Israel, cabinet. He ...

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–

Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon ( ; also known by his diminutive Arik, ; 26 February 192811 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestin ...

to January 4,

Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert (; , ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009. The son of a former Herut politician, Olmert was first elected to the Knesset for Likud in 1973, at th ...

* President of the Supreme Court –

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to 16 September, Dorit Beinisch * Chief of General Staff – Dan Halutz *

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– 30th Government of Israel to May 4, 31st Government of Israel

Events

* January 4 – Prime Minister

suffers a severe

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and falls into a coma. As a result, Sharon's deputy

begins exercising the powers of the office of

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. * February 1 – The demolition of nine permanent structures in the

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Amona in the central

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escalates into a violent confrontation between the police and the Special Patrol Unit to the settlers in which hundreds of settlers and dozens of police officers are injured. * February 3 –

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fires some 30 mortar shells at IDF outposts along Israel's northern border, lightly wounding an Israeli soldier. In response, the Israeli Air Force strikes Hezbollah targets in southern

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. * February 14 – The

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Magistrates Court sentences Omri Sharon, the Israeli politician and son of former Israeli Prime Minister

, to a nine-month prison term, a nine-month suspended sentence and a NIS 300,000 fine after he is convicted of violating political fund-raising law and providing false testimony. * March 28 –

Kadima Kadima () was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan in August 2005, and was soon ...

leader

declares victory in the 17th Israeli legislative election, ahead of main opponents

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and

Likud Likud (, ), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (), is a major Right-wing politics, right-wing, political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing par ...

. * May 4 –

presents his cabinet for a

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"Vote of Confidence". The 31st government is approved that day and the members were sworn in. * 20 May – Eddie Butler represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “ Together We Are One ”. * June 12 – Five people are killed, and about 80 injured, when an Israeli train travelling between

and

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collides with a truck on a level crossing near

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. * July 8 – President

initially complains to the

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, Menahem Mazuz, that he was being

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ed by one of his female employees, whom he was later suspected of raping. *September 17 – Dorit Beinisch takes office as President of the Supreme Court of Israel, the first woman to hold this position.

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, thoug ...

: * July 12 –

militants fire rockets at Israeli border towns as a diversion for an anti-tank missile attack on two IDF armored Israeli Humvees patrolling the Israeli side of the border fence. The ambush leaves three IDF soldiers dead. Two other IDF soldiers, believed to have been killed outright or mortally wounded, are snatched by Hezbollah to

. Five more IDF soldiers are killed in a failed rescue attempt. This event and the escalation that follows lead to the

. * July 12 – August 14 – Israel launches Operation Just Reward, a counterattack that began with air force bombing of Hezbollah positions in Southern Lebanon. * August 1 – August 2 – Operation Sharp and Smooth – Israel Defense Forces raid a Hezbollah-run hospital in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. * August 4 – Tyre raid – Night mission is carried out by the Israel Defense Forces frogmen,

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, in the southern Lebanon town of Tyre. It targets the

cell responsible for the rocket attack on

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on the previous day. * August 11 – August 14 – Operation Changing Direction 11 – Final offensive push by the

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during the Lebanon War. * August 14 – A United Nations-brokered

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goes into effect, which brings an end to the 2006 Lebanon War. Post-war: * October 29 – The

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of Israel delivers a brief to the

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arguing that the

, should stand aside pending a possible indictment for rape. * November 12 –

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: Israel threatens to launch air strikes on

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's nuclear facilities "as a last resort", and the Iranian foreign ministry responds that it would "retaliate with a crushing blow" should Israel act. * November 21 – The

orders the government to recognize same-sex marriages performed abroad. * November 24 –

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Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a court hearing. His escape launches a nationwide search, involving thousands of Israeli police officers. * December 8 – Benny Sela is captured near

Nahariya Nahariya () is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. As of , the city had a population of . The city was founded in 1935 by Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Etymology Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton River, Ga'aton (riv ...

two weeks after his escape. File:Ariel Sharon 2001.jpg, On January 4 Prime Minister

suffers a severe

and falls into a coma. As a result, power is transferred to his deputy, Vice Minister

. File:Idf back from lebanon (temp).jpg,

– photo of Israeli soldiers of the Nahal Brigade leaving Lebanon.

Undated

* Slonim-Nevo Commission is established.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that occurred during 2006 include: * January 25 –

Hamas The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...

wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Authority legislative election. Israel, the United States, the European Union, and several European and Western countries cut off their aid to the Palestinian Authority, as they view the Islamist political party who rejects Israel's right to exist as a

terrorist organization Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and former ...

. * March 23 – Israeli security sources capture the

military commander in the

, Ibrahim Hamed, who ordered suicide bombing attacks during the

Al-Aqsa Intifada The Second Intifada (; ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, was a major uprising by Palestinians against Israel and its occupation from 2000. Starting as a civilian uprising in Jerusalem and Israel proper, Israeli security responded wit ...

, in a

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raid. * June 9 – An explosion occurs on a busy Gaza beach, killing eight Palestinian Arab civilians. Following the blast, an internal

(IDF) enquiry is initiated. Israel later stated "(t)he chances that artillery fire hit that area at that time are nil." Nevertheless, Israel acknowledged that it had been shelling 250 m away from the family's location; Palestinians claimed that the explosion was Israel's responsibility. Reports have concluded Israel had not been responsible for the blast. Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian militant acts and operations committed against Israeli targets during 2006 include: * January 19 – Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing: 20 Israelis are injured in a bombing at a fast-food restaurant in

. * February 3 – At least three

Qassam rocket The Qassam rocket ( ; also ''Kassam'') is a simple, steel artillery rocket developed and deployed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas. These rockets cannot be fired to target specific military objectives in or near ci ...

s are fired from Gaza by Palestinian Arab militants at Israeli civilian targets. One rocket strikes a home in Kibbutz Karmia, injuring four people, including a one-year-old infant. The home belongs to a family recently evicted during Israel's 2005 unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip. * March 28 – For the first time, a

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is fired from the

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into Israel
(JPost)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4855056.stm (BBC
(MSNBC)
Katyushas, frequently used by

in Lebanon, had never previously been fired from Gaza. Large numbers of Qassam rockets began landing in the Western

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in March 2006. * March 30 – Kedumim bombing: Four Israelis are killed, including one child, by a Palestinian Arab suicide bomber posing as Jewish hitchhiker, in Kedumim. * April 17 – 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing: A

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carried out by the

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together with

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades () are a Fatah-aligned coalition of Palestinian armed groups in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Created in 2000 amidst the Second Intifada, the Brigades previously operated as the official armed wing of the F ...

near the Old Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. 11 Israelis are killed in the attack while 68 were wounded. * June 25 – 2006 Hamas cross-border raid: a group of

militants infiltrate an Israeli army post on the Israeli side of the southern Gaza Strip border after crossing through a tunnel near the Kerem Shalom border, kill two IDF soldiers and manage to capture and abduct the IDF soldier Gilad Shalit back into the

. Shalit has been held as a prisoner in the Gaza Strip by Hamas since then. During the attack, two Palestinian militants involved in the attack were also killed. * June 25 – Murder of Eliyahu Asheri: The Palestinian Arab militant group

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kidnaps and an hour later kills a 19-year-old Israeli tertiary student, Eliyahu Asheri. * July 5 – First

of increased strength is fired into the schoolyard in the Southern Israeli coastal city of

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. This is the first time that rockets capable of reaching a significantly large Israeli city are fired by Palestinian Arabs into Israel and, accordingly, the first instance that such a city is attacked. No one was injured in this attack. Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military

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operations (

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s and military operations) carried out against

Palestinian militants Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence or terrorism committed by Palestinians with the intent to accomplish political goals in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Common objectives of political violence by Pal ...

during 2006 include: * March 14 – Operation Bringing Home the Goods: IDF military operation in a

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prison in

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in order to capture several Palestinian Arab prisoners located there who had assassinated the Israeli politician

Rehavam Ze'evi Rehavam Ze'evi ( ; 20 June 192617 October 2001) was an Israeli general and politician who founded the far-right nationalist Moledet party. He mainly advocated for complete cleansing of the Palestinian population through population transfer. ...

. The operation is conducted as a result of the expressed intentions of the newly elected

government to release these prisoners. * May 3 – The

Israeli Navy The Israeli Navy (, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'', ; ) is the Israel Defense Forces#Arms, naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea th ...

foiled an attempt to smuggle some 550 kg of

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into the

. The smugglers reached Gaza without their cargo, which was recovered at sea by the Israeli Navy. * May 14 – The IDF kill Elias al-Ashkar, the senior Islamic Jihad commander in the

Jenin Jenin ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and is the capital of the Jenin Governorate. It is a hub for the surrounding towns. Jenin came under Israeli occupied territories, Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administra ...

area, who was accused of planning several

s that killed nearly 30 people. Six other Palestinian Arabs are also killed. * June 13 – The IDF kill eleven people in a missile strike on a van carrying Palestinian Arab militants and rockets driving through a densely civilian populated area in Gaza. Nine among those killed are civilian bystanders. * June 28 – November 26 –

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: Israel launches an offensive against militants in Gaza in response to the killing of two soldiers and the kidnapping of the Israeli soldier Corporal Gilad Shalit on June 25, 2006, and the firing of

Qassam rockets The Qassam rocket ( ; also ''Kassam'') is a simple, steel artillery rocket developed and deployed by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas. These rockets cannot be fired to target specific military objectives in or near ci ...

toward Israel. * June 29 – Israeli soldiers arrest 62

members in the

, including 8 ministers and 20 lawmakers in the

. Israeli officials announce that the suspects will face standard

criminal proceedings Criminal procedure is the adjudication process of the criminal law. While criminal procedure differs dramatically by jurisdiction, the process generally begins with a formal criminal charge with the person on trial either being free on bail or ...

. * November 4 – Operation Autumn Clouds:

mount a series of air strikes as part of an ongoing Gaza offensive, killing at least eight. * November 8 – 2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun: An incident in which the

' shells hit a row of houses in the

town of

Beit Hanoun Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun () is a Palestinian city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 52,237 in 2017. As a result of the ongoing Gaza war, Beit Hanou ...

, killing 19 Palestinian Arabs and wounding more than 40. Israel apologized and attributed the incident to a technical malfunction.

Notable deaths

* January 28 – Yitzchak Kaduri (b. c.1899), Iraqi-born estimated aged 107, a renowned Mizrahi Haredi rabbi and kabbalist. * February 14 – Shoshana Damari (born 1923), Yemeni-born "Queen of Israeli song" – pneumonia. * April 13 – Michael Shir (born 1923), Polish-born Israeli writer, founder of children's magazine, ''Ezbeoni''. * April 26 – Professor

Yuval Ne'eman Yuval Ne'eman (; 14 May 1925 – 26 April 2006) was an Israeli theoretical physicist, military scientist, and politician. He was Minister of Science and Development in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the President of Tel Aviv University ...

(born

1925 Events January * January 1 – The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria (1925–1930), State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini m ...

), Israeli physicist, founder of the Israel Space Agency and former science minister. * April 28 – Ben-Zion Orgad (born

1926 In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the ...

), German-born Israeli composer – cancer. * May 11 – Yossi Banai (born

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

), Israeli singer and actor. * May 19 – Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (born 1906), aged 99, Austro-Hungarian (

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)-born founder of the Israeli Labor Party. * May 23 – Bracha Eden (born 1928), Israeli pianist – brain hemorrhage. * June 7 – Joseph Dorfman (born 1940), Soviet-born Russian-Israeli composer of contemporary classical music and a

Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded ...

scholar. * June 25 – Eliyahu Asheri (born 1988), Israeli civilian kidnapped and murdered by Palestinian Arab terrorists. * June 25 – Gad Navon (born 1922), Moroccan-born Former Chief Israeli military rabbi – cancer. * July 25 – Ezra Fleischer (born 1928), Romanian-born Israeli poet and professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. * August 21 – S. Yizhar (born

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored ...

), Israeli author – heart disease. * August 29 – Benjamin Rawitz-Castel (born

1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...

), Israeli pianist – battered. * November 21 – Eliezer Waldenberg (born

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 * ...

), Israeli Haredi rabbi. * December 16 – Pnina Salzman (born

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

), Israeli classical pianist – natural causes. * December 28 – Gershon Shaked (born 1929), Austrian-born Israeli author and professor of Hebrew literature. * December 31 – Ya'akov Hodorov (born

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...

), Israeli football goalkeeper – stroke.

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