2026 in Israel

← 2025 2024 2023 2026 in Israel → 2027 2028 2029
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Israel Timeline of Israeli history List of years in Israel

Events of the year 2026 in Israel .

Incumbents

• President of Israel – Isaac Herzog
• Prime Minister of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu
• President of the Supreme Court – Yitzhak Amit

Events

January

• 1 January — Israel orders the banning effective 1 March of 37 humanitarian agencies from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with its revised regulations on the disclosure of detailed information on their Palestinian staff. ^[1]

Predicted and scheduled

• By 27 October – 2026 Israeli legislative election ^[2]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Israel

Source: ^[3]

• 2 April – Passover
• 8 April – Seventh day of Passover
• 22 April – Independence Day
• 22 May – Feast of Shavuot
• 12–13 September – Rosh Hashanah
• 21 September – Yom Kippur
• 26 September – Sukkot
• 3 October – Simchat Torah

Deaths

• 1 January –
  • Morris Kahn, 95, South African-born telecommunications industry executive, founder of Golden Pages, Amdocs and the Aurec Group. ^[4]
  • Amit Saar, 47, intelligence officer, head of the Military Intelligence Research Department (2020–2024). ^[5]

References

1. "Israel confirms ban on 37 NGOs in Gaza". France 24. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
2. "October 27, 2026: Judge sets date for next scheduled elections". The Times of Israel . 20 April 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
3. "Israel Public Holidays 2026". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
4. "Billionaire philanthropist Morris Kahn dies at 95". Times of Israel. 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
5. "Amit Saar, top IDF intelligence officer on Oct. 7, dies of cancer at 47". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2026-01-01.

External links

• Online calendar