2018 in Israel
The following lists events in the year 2018 in Israel.
Incumbents
- President – Reuven Rivlin
- Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
- President of the Supreme Court – Esther Hayut
- Chief of General Staff – Gadi Eizenkot
- Government of Israel – 34th government of Israel
Events
January
- 2 January – Israel announces plans to deport African migrants who reside in the country illegally, with 90 days given to either leave the country or face imprisonment.
February
- 5 February – The fatal stabbing of Itamar Ben Gal in Ariel, West Bank
- 9–25 February – Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- 10 February – 2018 Israel–Syria incident
March
- 30 March – Start of the 2018–2019 Gaza border protests
April
- 26 April – Ten military cadets from a cadet academy die after being carried off by a surge in the Tzafit stream west of the Dead Sea amid floodings caused by intense storms that strike southern Israel.
- 30 April – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of not holding up its end of the nuclear deal with the P5+1 countries after presenting a cache over 100,000 documents detailing the extent of Iran's nuclear program. Iran denounced Netanyahu's presentation as "propaganda". Shortly after President Trump withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
May
- 4–27 May – 2018 Giro d'Italia cycling Grand Tour
- 10 May – Iran's Quds Force on the Syrian-held side of the Golan Heights fired around 20 projectiles towards Israeli army positions without causing damages or injuries. In response, Israel launched an extensive strike against Iranian targets in Syria.
- 12 May – Netta Barzilai wins first place for Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Toy".
- 14 May – The new embassy of the United States opens in Jerusalem.
- 23 May – The Knesset passed a law allowing the Security Cabinet to declare war.
June
- June 21 – Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was charged for an alleged fraud.
- June 25 – Prince William began a trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, becoming the first British royal to visit the country in an official capacity.
July
- July 12 – Start of the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship in Netanya
- July 19 – Israel incorporated in its basic laws a declaration of the country as the "nation-state of the Jewish people."
September
- September 17 – Syria missile strikes
- September 25 – Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway is officially inaugurated.
October
November
December
- December 4 – The Israeli military launched Operation Northern Shield to destroy cross-border tunnels built by Hezbollah along Israel's border with Lebanon.
- December 21 – Israel announced its departure from UNESCO, citing bias.
Deaths
- 4 January – Aharon Appelfeld, novelist
- 6 January – Batya Ouziel, handicrafter
- 13 January – Eliyahu Winograd, Israeli jurist and acting judge on the Supreme Court of Israel, chairman of the Winograd Commission
- 20 January – Doron Rubin, military officer
- 31 January – Dan Alon, fencer
- 18 February – Ya'akov Ben-Yezri, Israeli politician, Minister of Health
- 24 February – Shmuel Auerbach, Israeli Haredi rabbi and posek
- 2 March – Haim Hanegbi, journalist and activist
- 5 March – Uri Lubrani, Israeli diplomat
- 23 March – Ephraim Stern, archaeologist
- 24 March – Rim Banna, singer, composer and activist
- 24 March – Frank Meisler, architect and sculptor.
- 1 April – Avichai Rontzki, Israeli military Rabbi and rosh yeshiva
- 4 May – Abi Ofarim, musician
- 29 May – Eliezer Rafaeli, director of the University of Haifa
- 20 August – Uri Avnery, peace activist
- 30 October – David Azulai, politician
- 7 December – Shmuel Flatto-Sharon, businessman and politician
- 17 December – Rona Ramon, activist and NGO founder
- 28 December – Amos Oz, writer, novelist and journalist
- 29 December – Zvi Levi, activist and NGO founder
- 29 December – Yehoshua Glazer, footballer