9 March – The Israeli left-wing political party
Meretz is formed by an alliance of three left-wing parties;
Ratz,
Mapam and
Shinui, and is initially led by
Shulamit Aloni.
13 July –
Yitzhak Rabin presents his cabinet for a
Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The
25th Government is approved that day and the members are sworn in.
28 July –
Carmelit reopened after intensive renovation from
1986.
30 July –
Yael Arad wins a silver medal in
judo in the
1992 Summer Olympics. This was the first Olympic medal won by an Israeli athlete.
4 October – The
Bijlmerramp disaster:
El Al Flight 1862, a
Boeing 747 freighter, crashes into high-rise apartment buildings in
Amsterdam after two of its engines detach from the wing. A total of 43 people were killed, consisting of the plane's crew of three and a non-revenue passenger in a
jump seat, plus 39 persons on the ground. Many more were injured.[3][4][5]
22 September – a border policeman, Avinoam Peretz,
was killed at the French Hill neighborhood in northeastern Jerusalem. Hamas took responsibility.
13 December – Hamas activists kidnap and kill an Israeli Border Police officer, Nissim Toledano. This event precipitated Israel's decision to deport 415 Hamas activists to Lebanon four days later.
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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