1976 in Israel
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Events in the year 1976 in Israel.
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Incumbents
- Prime Minister of Israel – Yitzhak Rabin (Alignment)
- President of Israel – Ephraim Katzir
- Chief of General Staff - Mordechai Gur
- Government of Israel - 17th Government of Israel
Events
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- July 11 – Miss Israel, Rina Mor, wins the title of Miss Universe 1976 becoming the first Israeli to win one of the most publicized international beauty contest.
- December 10 – The first F-15 fighter aircraft arrive in Israel. The fact that they landed in Israel on a Friday evening, after the start of Sabbath, causes a political crisis and prompts the religious parties in the Knesset to topple the first Rabin government.[1][2]
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1976 include:
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1976 include:
- July 4 – Operation Entebbe: Israeli airborne commandos free 103 hostages being held by Palestinian Arab and German hijackers of an Air France plane at Uganda's Entebbe Airport; one Israeli soldier and several Ugandan soldiers are killed in the raid.
- October 22 – An Israeli naval commando raids a harbor in Tyre and sinks a terrorist ship.
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1976 include:
- June 27 – Air France Flight 139, originating in Tel Aviv and carrying 248 passengers and a crew of 12 takes off from Athens, Greece, headed for Paris, France. The flight is hijacked by Palestinian Arab terrorists with German Revolutionäre Zellen supporters and flown to Entebbe Airport (now known as Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda. Shortly after landing, all non-Jewish passengers were released. The hijacking of this flight leads to the IDF hostage-rescue mission "Operation Entebbe" carried out in the Entebbe Airport seven days later (see details above).
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Notable births
- April 5 – Sandy Bar, Israeli actress and model.
- April 25 – Amir Fay Guttman, Israeli singer and actor.
- September 18 – Guri Alfi, Israeli actor and stand-up comedian.
Notable deaths
- January 24 – Pinhas Lavon (b. 1910), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli politician, minister and labor leader, best known for the Lavon Affair.
- April 15 – David Elazar (b. 1925), Yugoslav (Bosnia)-born Israeli military officer, the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
- April 25 – Markus Reiner (b. 1886), Austro-Hungarian (Bukovina)-born Israeli scientist.
- July 4 – Yonatan Netanyahu (b. 1946), U.S.-born commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal, killed during Operation Entebbe.
- September 19 – Yehezkel Abramsky (b. 1886), Russian (Belarus)-born eminent Israeli Orthodox rabbi.
Major public holidays
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See also
- 1976 in Israeli film
- 1976 in Israeli television
- 1976 in Israeli music
- 1976 in Israeli sport
- Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976
- Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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