1962 in Israel

Events in the year 1962 in Israel.

Incumbents

Events

16 March – Operation Swallow: Following a series of Syrian attacks on Israeli fishermen in the Sea of Galilee, IDF forces raid Syrian posts in the village of Nokyeab. During the operation 30 Syrian and seven Israeli soldiers are killed.
22 March – Adolf Eichmann began an appeal to an Israeli court, as his lawyer, Robert Servatius sought to spare Eichmann from the death sentence ordered in his 1961 war crimes conviction. The verdict would be upheld, and Eichmann would be executed on 31 May.
31 May – Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, one of the main people responsible for the actual implementation of the Final Solution Plan, is executed by hanging in Israel. Eichmann is the only person to have been executed in Israel on conviction by a civilian court.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1962 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian fedayeen terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1962 include:

12 April – Armed Palestinian Arab militants, who infiltrated into Israel, fired on an Egged bus on the way to Eilat; one passenger was wounded.
30 September – Two armed Palestinian Arab militants, who infiltrated into Israel, attacked an Egged bus on the way to Eilat. No one was wounded.

Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations carried out against Palestinian militants during 1962 include:

Unknown dates

The founding of the town Arad.
The founding of the kibbutz Eilot.

Notable births

13 April – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist .
9 June – Yuval Banai, Israeli singer.
21 November – Avri Gilad, Israeli media personality.
26 December – Eli Yishai, Israeli politician and head of the Shas party.

Notable deaths

2 February – Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-born Israeli biochemist.
14 May – Dov Karmi, Russian -born Israeli architect.
31 May – Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi and SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust, executed in prison at Ramla, Israel
6 June – Abba Ahimeir, Russian-born Israeli journalist, historian and political activist.
10 July – Yehuda Leib Maimon, Russian -born Israeli rabbi and government minister.
15 August – Benzion Yadler, Maggid in Jerusalem and Moshavot of Israel.
28 August – Herzl Berger, Russian -born Israeli activist and politician.
24 October – Hanan Rubin, German-born Israeli politician.