Notable Deaths
- March 12 – Natan Yonatan (born 1923), Soviet (Ukraine)-born Israeli poet.
- March 15 – Alfred Mansfeld (born 1912), Russian-born Israeli architect.
- June 26 – Naomi Shemer (born 1930), Israeli songwriter.
- June 29 – Arik Lavie (born 1927), German-born Israeli singer and actor.
- August 20 – Moshe Shamir (born 1921), Israeli politician and novelist.
- October 3 – Ze'ev Lev (born 1922), Austrian-born Israeli physicist and Torah scholar.
- October 16 – Uzi Hitman (born 1952), Israeli singer, songwriter and composer, heart attack.
- November 4 – Michael Gross (born 1920), Israeli painter, sculptor and conceptual artist.
- November 5 - Nili Natkho (born 1982), Circassian Israeli basketball player.
- November 23 – Rafael Eitan (born 1929), Israeli politician and former chief of staff, drowned.
- December 16 – Yehudit Naot (born 1944), Israeli scientist and politician.
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