The IDF announces that the body of Oron Shaul, who was killed and captured by Hamas during the 2014 Gaza War, was recovered in an operation in Northern Gaza.[10]
The IDF conducts drone strikes and a ground raid in Jenin in a counterterrorism operation codenamed "Iron Wall", killing at least eight Palestinians and injuring 35.[15][16]
The Knesset plenum passes a law criminalizing denial, trivialization, and celebration of the 7 October Hamas attack.[17]
Four people are injured in a knife attack in Tel Aviv. The attacker, a Moroccan citizen with US residency, is shot dead.[18]
25 January –
Four female IDF soldiers captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks, including Naama Levy, are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement.[19]
Two hundred Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.[20]
Three Israelis captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement.[25]
183 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[25]
Prime Minister Netanyahu appoints retired Major General Eyal Zamir as IDF chief of staff.[26]
4 February – Two soldiers and a Palestinian gunman are killed and eight soldiers are injured, two seriously, in a shooting at the Tayasir checkpoint in the West Bank.[27]
A woman in Eilat dies from hypothermia during a winter storm that swept across Israel.[29]
6 February – US president Donald Trump imposes sanctions against the International Criminal Court in part over its issuance of an arrest warrant against Netanyahu over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza.[30]
8 February –
183 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[31]
Three Israelis captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement.[31]
369 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[33]
Three Israelis captured by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad during the 7 October attacks are released by both groups as part of the ceasefire agreement.[34]
19 February – A 70-year-old Jewish woman is injured in an axe attack in the Old City of Jerusalem after being mistaken as a Christian. The perpetrator is later arrested in northern Israel.[38][39][40]
20 February –
Hamas returns the bodies of Kfir and Ariel Bibas and Oded Lifshitz, who were captured during the 7 October attacks but later died in captivity, as part of the ceasefire agreement. A fourth body, which Hamas claimed was Shiri Bibas, is later found to have been misidentified as a hostage.[41] Hamas subsequently says that Shiri's remains had been mixed with those of other victims following an Israeli airstrike[42][43] and that it will examine allegations over Shiri's remains, while asking Israel to return the body, which it identifies as a Palestinian woman.[44][45]
The Knesset passes a law imposing an entry ban into Israel for people who deny the Holocaust and the 7 October attacks, as well as those who support legal punishment against Israelis over actions committed during IDF service.[46]
21 February – Hamas says that it had handed over the remains of Shiri Bibas, which are subsequently identified by forensic experts.[48][49]
22 February – Four Israelis captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks and two others held in captivity after entering the Gaza Strip on their own in 2014 and 2015 are released by the group as part of the ceasefire agreement. They are the final living hostages held by Hamas to be released in the first phase of the deal.[50][51]
24 February – MEPs Rima Hassan and Lynn Boylan are denied entry to Israel as part of an EU-Palestine delegation, with Israeli authorities citing Hassan's support for anti-Israel boycotts.[52]
25 February – The IDF launches airstrikes on military installations outside Damascus and in Daraa Governorate in southern Syria, killing at least two people.[53]
27 February –
Hamas returns the bodies of four hostages captured during the 7 October attacks but later died in captivity, as part of the ceasefire agreement.[54]
More than 600 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement.[55]
A combined vehicle ramming and stabbing attack in Pardes Hanna-Karkur injures 13 people, including a teenage girl who died six days later. The attacker is shot and killed by police.[56][57]
The IDF carries out an airstrike on the home of PIJ leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah in Damascus, killing one person.[69][70]
A fifth Lebanese captive taken by Israel during its war against Hezbollah is released and repatriated.[71]
Foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar announces that Israel sent 10,000 humanitarian aid packages to the Druze community in southern Syria in recent weeks.[72]
14 March – A group of 60 Syrian Druze clerics enter Israel to make pilgrimage to Nabi Shu'ayb, marking the first time Druze figures crossed into Israel from Syria since 1948.[73][74]
18 March –
Israel conducts extensive strikes across Gaza after accusing Hamas of rejecting hostage deal proposals from mediators, killing at least 400 people.[75]
20 March – Ronen Baris dismissed as head of the Shin Bet by Netanyahu, citing "persistent loss of professional and personal trust" during the Gaza war.[81] However, the dismissal is suspended by the Supreme Court of Israel the next day.[82]
22 March – In the first rocket attack from Lebanon since December 2024, at least five rockets are fired at Metula, causing no casualties.[83] In response, the IDF launches airstrikes on southern Lebanon, killing one person.[84]
27 March – The Knesset approves a judicial reform law increasing powers by elected officials to select judges.[85]
31 March – Netanyahu appoints former Israeli Navy commander Eli Sharvit to head the Shin Bet, defying the Supreme Court order suspending the dismissal of his predecessor Ronen Bar.[86] However, the appointment is rescinded by Netanyahu the next day.[87]
5 April – British MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed are denied entry and deported from Israel upon arrival, with the Israeli government accusing them of seeking to "spread anti-Israel hatred".[89]
10 April – The IDF announces that it will dismiss hundreds of Israeli Air Force reservists who signed a letter calling for an end to the Gaza war.[90]
The government cancels the visas of 27 French MPs and local politicians on suspicion of acting against Israel.[94]
21 April – One person is killed off the coast of Hadera in the country's first fatal shark attack.[95]
23 April – A wildfire breaks out in the area of Beit Shemesh, lightly injuring nine people and causing several towns to be evacuated.[96]
24 April – Nechama Grossman, the oldest known Holocaust survivor in Israel, dies at 109.[97]
28 April – Ronen Bar tenders his resignation as director of the Shin Bet effective 15 June, citing responsibility for failing to prevent the 7 October attacks.[98]
4 May – A Houthi ballistic missile strikes the area of Ben Gurion Airport, injuring eight people and briefly halting the airport's operations.[102]
5 May – Israel launches airstrikes on the Hudaydah Port and nearby Bajil in Yemen in retaliation to the attack on Ben-Gurion Airport the previous day.[103]
6 May – Israel launches airstrikes on the Sanaa International Airport in Yemen, leaving the facility "completely destroyed", according to an official.[104]
7 May – One person is killed and nine others are injured after a boat capsizes off Eilat.[105]
12 May – Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier held captive in Gaza, is released by Hamas and returned to Israel following a deal mediated by the United States.[107]
14 May – A pregnant Israeli woman is killed and her husband is lightly injured in a shooting by a Palestinian gunman in the West Bank settlement of Brukhin.[108] The woman's baby, who was delivered in an emergency C-section, dies on 29 May after two weeks in serious condition.[109]
16 May – The IDF launches the first phases of Operation Gideon's Chariots, a major military offensive seeking to "seize strategic areas" in Gaza.[110]
The Prime Minister's Office announces that the Mossad recovered 2,500 items and documents belonging to Israeli spy Eli Cohen from Syria in a covert operation.[112]
Netanyahu orders that the delivery of "basic" humanitarian aid to Gaza be resumed, ending the two-month total blockade.[113]DHS Secretary Kristi Noem meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, 25 May 2025
20 May – The United Kingdom sanctions two Israeli outposts and three "extremist" settlers, including settler leader Daniella Weiss.[114] It also suspends trade talks with Israel due to its offensive in Gaza.[115]
21 May –
The IDF fires warning shots near a delegation consisting of diplomats from almost two dozen countries visiting Jenin, claiming that they deviated from an approved route and entered an unauthorized area. It later apologizes for the incident.[116]
The Supreme Court declares Netanyahu's dismissal of Shin Bet director Ronen Bar in March "unlawful".[117]
Canada, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and Uruguay summon their Israeli ambassadors over the incident in the occupiedWest Bank. Canada, the EU, and Turkey call for the launch of an official investigation.[120][121][122]
28 May – Thousands of people across Israel protest in support of a hostage deal to mark the 600th day of the Gaza war, including 3,000 in Hostages Square. During the protests, 62 people are arrested after storming Metzudat Ze'ev, the Likud headquarters.[124]
29 May – The Ministry of Defense announces that the government approved the establishment of 22 settlements in the West Bank.[125]
9 June – The Madleen, which was en route to Gaza in an attempt to break the blockade and carried prominent activists such as Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, is raided by Israeli forces and diverted to Israel, with its passengers detained.[128] Thunberg and several passengers are deported from Israel the next day.[129]
10 June –
The Israeli Navy launches attacks on Houthi territory in Yemen for the first time, targeting the port of Hodeidah.[130]
The UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway announce travel bans and sanctions against far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, accusing them of inciting settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.[131]
In response to the sanctions, Smotrich orders the cancellation of a policy allowing correspondence between Israeli and Palestinian Authority banks, which is crucial for sustaining the Palestinian economy.[132]
11 June – The Knesset votes 61–53 against a bill to dissolve the Netanyahu government and force early elections.[133]
Iran launches airstrikes at Israel in response to the previous airstrikes.[139]
15 June – Ronen Bar's term as the chief of the Shin Bet ends, and his deputy, who is identified only by the Hebrew initial "Shin", takes over as the acting chief.[140]
7 July – Israel launches aerial attacks on Houthi territory in Yemen.[142]
14 July –
An attempt to expel Arab Hadash–Ta'al MK Ayman Odeh from the Knesset fails, with only 73 out of the required 90 lawmakers voting in favor of the motion.[143]
United Torah Judaism leaves the government and Netanyahu's coalition amidst a dispute over the conscription of yeshiva students into the IDF.[144]
Shas leaves the government and Netanyahu's coalition amidst a dispute over the conscription of yeshiva students into the IDF.[146]
17 July – Slovenia imposes sanctions on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and declares them "persona non grata" over their role in human rights violations against Palestinians.[147]
24 July – Eight IDF soldiers are injured in a car-ramming at a bus stop at the Beit Lid junction near Kfar Yona.[148]
28 July – The Netherlands bars entry to Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over their role in human rights violations against Palestinians.[149]
The United States imposes a 15% tariff on Israeli products as part of a trade policy imposed by the Trump administration.[153]
August
Demonstration on Begin Road calling for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, 17 August 2025
1 August – An employee of the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo dies after being mauled by a tiger that had escaped from its enclosure.[154]
4 August – The Cabinet unanimously votes to dismiss Gali Baharav-Miara as Attorney General. The decision is suspended by the Supreme Court pending a review.[155]
8 August – Germany imposes an arms embargo to Israel in response to the latter's conduct in the Gaza war.[156]
16 August – The Israeli Navy carries out airstrikes on the Hezyaz power plant near Sanaa, Yemen.[157]
17 August – Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protest across the country amidst a nationwide general strike, calling for an end to the Gaza war and release of the hostages. At least 39 protesters are arrested.[158][159]
21 August – An Israeli citizen detained by Lebanese forces after illegally crossing the Israel–Lebanon border in 2024 is returned to Israel.[162]
24 August – The IAF strikes several targets in Sanaa, killing ten and wounding 102, after the Houthis fire a cluster bomb at Israel for the first time.[163]
25 August – Syria accuses Israel of sending 60 soldiers to seize its territory in the Mount Hermon area.[164]
26 August – Israel carries out drone strikes in Al-Kiswah, Syria, killing eight soldiers.[165]
28 August – Israel carries out airstrikes on Houthi targets in Sanaa.[166]
29 August – Turkey imposes a trade ban on Israel, closing its ports to Israeli ships and barring aircraft affiliated with government officials and arms shipments from its airspace.[167]
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