June 16 –
Israel Defense Forces soldiers stop three armed men entering Israel from
Egypt, 40 kilometres north of the Israeli city of
Eilat. One of them is killed, and the other two flee, leaving behind an explosive device.[3]
June 17 –
Immanuel Beit Yaakov controversy –
Haredi parents of girls in the
West Bank settlement of
Immanuel begin a two-week jail sentence after the parents refused to follow an Israeli Supreme Court order, without a trial,[4] requiring their daughters to return to the original school. This imprisonment is followed by mass protests in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak by both religious and secular Israelis who oppose judicial activism.[5][6]
July 10 – A new bill is introduced in the
Knesset that would force
Haredi Jewish schools to teach core subjects such as mathematics, science, English, and civics, or lose state funding.[10]
August 3 –
Lebanon border clash – An
IDF officer is killed and another seriously wounded when they come under fire from
Lebanese Armed Forces, while on a brush-clearing operation on Israel's side of the border with
Lebanon, near kibbutz
Misgav Am and the Lebanese village of
Adaisseh. The IDF returns fire resulting in the death of two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist. Several Lebanese soldiers and another journalist are reportedly wounded.
August 6 – The Israeli Channel 2 reveals the
Galant document, a document which allegedly is a purported PR plan designed to ensure that Yoav Galant would become the next Chief of Staff. Eventually a police investigation finds evidence that the document was forged and the appointment process of the
Chief of General Staff is renewed.
August 19 – Israeli mathematician,
Elon Lindenstrauss, is awarded the 2010
Fields Medal, becoming the first Israeli recipient of this award.[13]
November 10 – An
Israeli Air ForceF-16I crashes in
Makhtesh Ramon while on a training over the
Negev desert in southern Israel, killing both the pilot and navigator of the plane.[15]
November 30 – After about four years of construction, the
Carmel Tunnels were inaugurated and opened to traffic, cutting the current travel time from the Haifa South interchange in the west to the Checkpost interchange in the east from 40 minutes down to 8 minutes.[18][19]
December 2 – The
largest forest fire in Israel's history[20] engulfs a bus carrying cadets from the
Israel Prison Service's officer course en route to evacuate prisoners from the Damun Prison in the area of the fire, taking 44 lives, including 37 of the cadets and their officers.[21][22] "The fire devastates hundreds of acres of pine forest on
Mount Carmel in northern Israel, close to the city of
Haifa, and is eventually brought under control late on December 5, 2010.[23]
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 2010 include:
March 10 – Israel's government approves construction of an additional 1,600 apartments in a large Jewish housing development in northeastern
Jerusalem called
Ramat Shlomo.[25] The Israeli government's announcement occurs during a visit by U.S. Vice-President
Joe Biden and the U.S. government subsequently issues a strongly worded condemnation of the plan.[26]
September 28 – The
Israeli Navy intercepts the ship Irene, heading from
Cyprus towards
Gaza and carrying nine Jewish activists from the US, the UK, Germany and Israel, which was attempting to break the
Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
March 26 – A team of
IDF soldiers from
Golani Brigade, who cross the border into the
Gaza Strip pursuing several people are seen placing explosive devices near the Israeli border fence, is ambushed and attacked with mortar shells and gunfire from inside the Strip. Two IDF soldiers are killed and three are injured. Hamas and
Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for the attack.[37]
June 11 – A
Palestinian militant attempts to run over two Israeli border policemen in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of
Wadi al-Joz, close to the
Old City Walls. Other members of the border police force, who are at the scene, shoot and critically wound the driver as he tries to escape. The two policemen are lightly injured and receive medical treatment on the spot.[38]
September 1 –
2010 Palestinian militancy campaign: Rimonim junction shooting: Palestinian militants open fire on an Israeli car near
Kochav HaShachar in the West Bank moderately injuring an Israeli man and lightly injuring an Israeli woman. Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack.[43]
December 18 –
Murder of Kristine Luken: An American Christian missionary, Kristine Luken, is murdered and her British-born Israeli friend is seriously wounded by two knife-wielding Palestinian militants while hiking in a forest near
Beit Shemesh, on the outskirts of
Jerusalem.[50] Four
Palestinians, members of a Palestinian terror cell, are later indicted for the attack, which was described as nationalist orientated.[51]
May 26 – Israel launches two night-time
air strikes on the
Gaza Strip in response to
mortar attacks and the detonation of 200 kg of explosives laden on a donkey-cart next to the border fence.[52][53]
September 5 – Israeli
F-16 warplanes launch airstrikes on
Gaza smuggling tunnels, with one Palestinian dead and several injured, in retaliation for recent attacks from the Gaza Strip.[57][58]
September 12 –
IDF soldiers identify a group of armed men approaching Israel from
Gaza near
Kibbutz Erez, killing three; Palestinian sources claim that two were farmers.[59][60][61]
June 16 –
Israel Defense Forces soldiers stop three armed men entering Israel from
Egypt, 40 kilometres north of the Israeli city of
Eilat. One of them is killed, and the other two flee, leaving behind an explosive device.[3]
June 17 –
Immanuel Beit Yaakov controversy –
Haredi parents of girls in the
West Bank settlement of
Immanuel begin a two-week jail sentence after the parents refused to follow an Israeli Supreme Court order, without a trial,[4] requiring their daughters to return to the original school. This imprisonment is followed by mass protests in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak by both religious and secular Israelis who oppose judicial activism.[5][6]
July 10 – A new bill is introduced in the
Knesset that would force
Haredi Jewish schools to teach core subjects such as mathematics, science, English, and civics, or lose state funding.[10]
August 3 –
Lebanon border clash – An
IDF officer is killed and another seriously wounded when they come under fire from
Lebanese Armed Forces, while on a brush-clearing operation on Israel's side of the border with
Lebanon, near kibbutz
Misgav Am and the Lebanese village of
Adaisseh. The IDF returns fire resulting in the death of two Lebanese soldiers and a Lebanese journalist. Several Lebanese soldiers and another journalist are reportedly wounded.
August 6 – The Israeli Channel 2 reveals the
Galant document, a document which allegedly is a purported PR plan designed to ensure that Yoav Galant would become the next Chief of Staff. Eventually a police investigation finds evidence that the document was forged and the appointment process of the
Chief of General Staff is renewed.
August 19 – Israeli mathematician,
Elon Lindenstrauss, is awarded the 2010
Fields Medal, becoming the first Israeli recipient of this award.[13]
November 10 – An
Israeli Air ForceF-16I crashes in
Makhtesh Ramon while on a training over the
Negev desert in southern Israel, killing both the pilot and navigator of the plane.[15]
November 30 – After about four years of construction, the
Carmel Tunnels were inaugurated and opened to traffic, cutting the current travel time from the Haifa South interchange in the west to the Checkpost interchange in the east from 40 minutes down to 8 minutes.[18][19]
December 2 – The
largest forest fire in Israel's history[20] engulfs a bus carrying cadets from the
Israel Prison Service's officer course en route to evacuate prisoners from the Damun Prison in the area of the fire, taking 44 lives, including 37 of the cadets and their officers.[21][22] "The fire devastates hundreds of acres of pine forest on
Mount Carmel in northern Israel, close to the city of
Haifa, and is eventually brought under control late on December 5, 2010.[23]
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 2010 include:
March 10 – Israel's government approves construction of an additional 1,600 apartments in a large Jewish housing development in northeastern
Jerusalem called
Ramat Shlomo.[25] The Israeli government's announcement occurs during a visit by U.S. Vice-President
Joe Biden and the U.S. government subsequently issues a strongly worded condemnation of the plan.[26]
September 28 – The
Israeli Navy intercepts the ship Irene, heading from
Cyprus towards
Gaza and carrying nine Jewish activists from the US, the UK, Germany and Israel, which was attempting to break the
Israeli naval blockade of Gaza.
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
March 26 – A team of
IDF soldiers from
Golani Brigade, who cross the border into the
Gaza Strip pursuing several people are seen placing explosive devices near the Israeli border fence, is ambushed and attacked with mortar shells and gunfire from inside the Strip. Two IDF soldiers are killed and three are injured. Hamas and
Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for the attack.[37]
June 11 – A
Palestinian militant attempts to run over two Israeli border policemen in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of
Wadi al-Joz, close to the
Old City Walls. Other members of the border police force, who are at the scene, shoot and critically wound the driver as he tries to escape. The two policemen are lightly injured and receive medical treatment on the spot.[38]
September 1 –
2010 Palestinian militancy campaign: Rimonim junction shooting: Palestinian militants open fire on an Israeli car near
Kochav HaShachar in the West Bank moderately injuring an Israeli man and lightly injuring an Israeli woman. Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack.[43]
December 18 –
Murder of Kristine Luken: An American Christian missionary, Kristine Luken, is murdered and her British-born Israeli friend is seriously wounded by two knife-wielding Palestinian militants while hiking in a forest near
Beit Shemesh, on the outskirts of
Jerusalem.[50] Four
Palestinians, members of a Palestinian terror cell, are later indicted for the attack, which was described as nationalist orientated.[51]
May 26 – Israel launches two night-time
air strikes on the
Gaza Strip in response to
mortar attacks and the detonation of 200 kg of explosives laden on a donkey-cart next to the border fence.[52][53]
September 5 – Israeli
F-16 warplanes launch airstrikes on
Gaza smuggling tunnels, with one Palestinian dead and several injured, in retaliation for recent attacks from the Gaza Strip.[57][58]
September 12 –
IDF soldiers identify a group of armed men approaching Israel from
Gaza near
Kibbutz Erez, killing three; Palestinian sources claim that two were farmers.[59][60][61]