Notable Deaths
- January 3 – Abu Zakaria al-Jamal, 49, Palestinian senior Hamas leader, air strike.
- January 13 – Ayman Alkurd, 34, Palestinian footballer, airstrike.
- January 15 – Said Seyam, 50, Palestinian government official, Interior Minister (2006–2007), airstrike.
- April 16 – Fadel Shana'a, 23, Palestinian photojournalist (Reuters), military strike.
- August 2 – Shafiq al-Hout, 77, Palestinian politician, co-founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization, cancer.
- August 3 – Samir Ghawshah, 72, Palestinian politician, member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation executive.
- August 15 – Abdel Latif Moussa, 47, Palestinian cleric, leader of Jund Ansar Allah, bomb blast.
- November 1 – Sakher Habash, 69, Palestinian party official (Fatah), stroke.
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