Notable Deaths
- February 1 – Ilan Ramon (born 1954), Israel's first astronaut.
- February 22 – Shlomo Argov (born 1929), Israeli diplomat.
- June 5 – Meir Vilner (born 1918), Lithuanian-born Israeli politician and Jewish leader who was the last surviving signatory to Israel's declaration of independence and former chairman of the Communist Party of Israel.
- September 3 – Charles S. Liebman (born 1934), American-born Israeli political scientist and author on Jewish life and Israel.
- December 13 – David Perlov (born 1930), Brazilian-born Israeli filmmaker.
- December 31 – Dora Gad (born 1912), Romanian-born Israeli interior designer and architect.
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