January 5 – The site where Jesus may have been tried, prior to his crucifixion, opens to the public for the first time located under an abandoned prison building, called Kishle, that is part of the Tower of David Museum ground in the Old City of Jerusalem.[1]
January 18 – It was reported that Israeli helicopters attacked a Hezbollah's convoy in the Syrian-controlled part of Golan Heights, killing six prominent members of Hezbollah and six IRGC commanders, including a General.[2][3]
January 21 – A Palestinian man from the West Bank, Hamza Muhammad Hassan Matrouk, illegally crosses into Israel for the express purpose to stab people, attacking over a dozen Israelis on a bus in central Tel Aviv. Security forces captured the assailant as he continued to indiscriminately stab people in the street.[4]
January 28 – Hezbollah fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli military convoy in the Israeli-territory of Shebaa farms near the Lebanon border, killing two soldiers and wounding seven. In response, Israel fired at least 50 artillery shells across the border into southern Lebanon, in which a Spanish UN peacekeeper was killed.[5][6]
March 30 – The Jerusalem District Court convicts former Prime Minister of IsraelEhud Olmert of accepting cash from an American businessman for personal use.[8]
April
April 16 – A car driven by a Palestinian hit two Israelis at the French Hill junction in Jerusalem in what was described as a terror attack.[9]
April 25
A series of attacks attributed to the Israeli Air Force were made in the al-Qalamoun region of Syria against Hezbollah camps and weapons convoys in two brigade bases.[10]
Four police officers were hit by a car in Jerusalem near the Mount of Olives in a suspected terror attack.[11]
June
June 19 – An Israeli civilian was shot dead by a Palestinian gunman after they stopped when the Palestinian waved down their car on a dirt road near the West Bank settlement of Dolev. His companion was injured.[12]
June 21 – An Israeli Border Police officer was seriously wounded after being stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist outside the Old City of Jerusalem.[13]
July
July 29 – An Israeli airstrike destroys a vehicle located in a Druse village in southwestern Syria, killing Hezbollah fighters and a pro-Assad militant.[14] A second airstrike targeted a military base along the Syrian-Lebanese border belonging to a pro-Assad Palestinian faction.[15]
August
August 20–21 – After four rockets hit the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee. Later, Israel launched allegedly strikes in Syria, killing several militants.[16]
October
October 31 – Israeli aircraft attacked numerous Hezbollah targets in southern Syria, close to the border with Lebanon in the Qalamoun Mountains region. Estimated targets included a weapons convoy destined for Hezbollah.[17]
November
November 11 – Israeli airstrike near Damascus airport that targeted Hezbollah weapons warehouses.[18][19]
November 23 – Israeli airstrike in the Qualamoun region killed 13 Syrian troops and Hezbollah fighters.[20]
November 28 – Israeli airstrike around Qalamoun, causing dead and wounded among Hezbollah fighters.[21]
December
December 20 – Explosion in Jaramana attributed to the Israeli Air Force that killed Hezbollah commander and convicted murderer Samir Kuntar.[22]
December 26 – Alleged Israeli airstrike against seven Hezbollah positions in the Qalamoun Mountains area.[23]
Deaths
Uri Orbach
January 13 – Hillel Zaks, Polish-born Israeli rabbi (born 1931)
