Notable Deaths
- 18 January – Mordechai Bentov (born 1900), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli journalist and politician.
- 31 January – Menachem Bader (born 1895), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Haganah member and Israeli politician.
- 24 April – Yitzhak Kahan (born 1913), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli jurist, sixth President of the Supreme Court of Israel.
- 29 September – Yona Wallach (born 1944), Israeli poet.
- 6 October – Noah Moses (born 1912), publisher and editor of Yedioth Ahronoth.
- 7 December – Shlomo Rosen (born 1905), Austro-Hungarian (Austrian Silesia)-born Israeli politician and minister.
- 30 November – Joseph Zaritsky (born 1985), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli painter.
- Full date unknown
- Benjamin Akzin (born 1904), Russian (Latvia)-born early Zionist activist and Israeli university professor.
- Moshe Rudolf Bloch (b 1902), German-born Israeli scientist.
- Moshe Rachmilewitz (born 1898), Russian (Belarus)-born leading Israeli doctor.
- Eliezer Smoli (born 1901), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli writer, famous for his children's books.
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