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1966 in Israel

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1966
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Events in the year 1966 in Israel.

Incumbents

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Events

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Former Iraqi MiG-21, the subject of Operation Diamond, at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim
The Knesset building is inaugurated on 30 August.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon is awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1966 include:

Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets

The most prominent Palestinian terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1966 include:

  • 25 April – Explosions placed by terrorists wounded two civilians and damaged three houses in moshav Beit Yosef, in the Beit She'an Valley.
  • 14 July – Armed Palestinian militants attacked a house in Kfar Yuval.
  • 19 July – Armed Palestinian militants infiltrated into Moshav Margaliot on the northern border and planted nine explosive charges.
  • 27 October – A civilian was wounded by an explosive charge on the railroad tracks to Jerusalem.
  • 11 November – An Israeli border patrol vehicle carrying policemen drives over a land mine near the Israeli-Jordanian Armistice line, killing three policemen and wounding six;[2] the mine is reportedly planted by the PLO subgroup, Fatah.[3]

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets

The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1966 include:

  • 13 November – Samu Incident: Following a series of sabotage acts committed against Israeli targets, in particular the deaths of the three Israeli policemen killed by a land mine two days earlier, IDF forces cross into Jordan and raid the West Bank village of as-Samu, south of the city of Hebron. During the operation 18 Jordanians soldiers and one Israeli soldier are killed.

Notable births

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Notable deaths

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  • 25 January – Saul Adler (born 1895), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli physician, microbiologist and parasitology expert.
  • 10 October – Eliyahu Meridor (born 1914), Russian-born Israeli politician.
  • 4 November – Ya'akov Klivnov (born 1887), Russian (Belarus)-born Israeli politician.
  • 8 November – Bernhard Zondek (born 1891), German-born Israeli gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test.

Major public holidays

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Weiss, Reuven (29 May 2007). "The Blue Bird legend". Ynetnews.
  2. ^ Israel, Army and defense - A dictionary, Zeev Schiff & Eitan Haber, editors
  3. ^ Revolution until victory?, Barry M. Rubin, p. 11, Harvard University Press, 1994
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