2009 in Palestine

none 2009 Palestine Template:Year in Palestine: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of Palestine.svg 90px History of Palestine · Timeline of Palestinian history · List of years in Palestine Events in the year 2009 in Palestine. Incumbents Palestinian National Authority (non-state administrative authority) President – Mahmoud Abbas (PLO) Prime Minister – Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (in the West Bank) – Salam Fayyad (Third Way) (emergency rule) Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (in the Gaza Strip) – Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas) (in rebellion against the Palestinian National Authority) Government of Palestine – 12th Government of Palestine (until 19 May), 13th Government of Palestine (starting 19 May) Events September 2010 right|thumb|250px|2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict January 1 – Operation Cast Lead: Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip city of Jabalia kills senior Hamas military commander Nizar Rayan and six members of his family.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/02/hamas-leader-death-israel-bombing London The Guardian Rory McCarthy Israeli bomb kills Hamas leader and six of his family January 2, 2009 January 3 – Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip as the Gaza War enters its second week.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/world/middleeast/04mideast.html?_r=2&hp Israeli Troops Launch Attack on Gaza The New York Times 2009-10-09 2009-01-03 Isabel Kershner Taghreed El-Khodary January 10- the IDF plans on what to do January 17 – Operation Cast Lead: Israel announces a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War. It comes into effect the following day,Israel declares ceasefire in Gaza BBC January 17, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7835794.stm January 17, 2009 on which Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own.Haaretz, January 18, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100316215716/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056490.html March 16, 2010 CNN January 18, 2009 BBC January 18, 2009 January 21 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.Middle East | Last Israeli troops 'leave Gaza'. BBC News (2009-01-21). Retrieved on 2009-07-07. Intermittent air strikes by both sides of the preceding war continue in the weeks to follow.At least six Gaza rockets hit southern Israel – Haaretz – Israel News. Haaretz. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.Kassam rocket strikes Eshkol Region|Israel|Jerusalem Post https://web.archive.org/web/20111001163523/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1235410720483 2011-10-01 . Jpost.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.'Five rockets' fired into Israel BBC February 28, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7916555.stm February 28, 2009 January 27 – Palestinian Arab militants detonate a bomb at the Kissufim crossing, killing one Israeli soldier and wounding three others.Clashes shake fragile truce in Gaza https://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0127/p99s01-duts.html January 27, 2009 January 27, 2009 CBC News January – Sudan Air Strikes: Israeli Air Force attack against Iranian weapons being smuggled to the Gaza Strip through Sudan. March 5 – A Palestinian Arab resident of east Jerusalem attacks an Israeli police car and a bus on the Menachem Begin Expressway in Jerusalem using a bulldozer, injuring two police officers before being shot to death. April 2 – Bat Ayin ax attack: A Palestinian Arab man armed with a pickax rampages in the Jewish settlement of Bat Ayin, killing 13-year-old Israeli boy, Shlomo Nativ, and wounding a seven-year-old boy before fleeing the area.Israeli youth killed in West Bank pickax attack, Associated Press (reprinted on NBC News 02–04–2009) Islamic Jihad and Imad Mughniyeh claim responsibility for the attack.Israeli child killed in West Bank http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7978699.stm April 2, 2009 April 2, 2009 BBC News May 11–15 – Pope Benedict XVI visits the Palestinian territories and Israel. During his visit, the pope condemned Holocaust denials and called for cooperation between the Palestinians and Israelis. June 14 – Ten days after President Obama's Cairo speech, Netanyahu gives a speech at Bar-Ilan University in which he endorsed, for the first time, a "Demilitarized Palestinian State", after two months of refusing to commit to anything other than a self-ruling autonomy when coming into office. The speech is widely seen as a response to Obama's speech.http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090614/D98QNI400.html Netanyahu endorses Palestinian independence Josef Federman Associated Press June 18, 2009 June 14, 2009 June 16 – Ten Palestinian Arab terrorists belonging to an al-Qaida-cell launch an attack at the Karni crossing using horses "laden" with explosives. Four terrorists and the horses are killed in the ensuring firefight with the IDF. No IDF soldiers are wounded. Footage of al-Qaida cell in Gaza airs http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1244371116416 June 21, 2009 June 21, 2009 Jerusalem PostSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes October 2 – Israel releases twenty female Palestinian Arab prisoners to the Gaza Strip and in exchange the Hamas releasing a videotape that proves that the Israeli captured soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive.https://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1118389.html Gilad Shalit in video: I've been longing for my freedom for a long time - Haaretz - Israel News 2010-09-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20100413083913/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1118389.html 2010-04-13 dead https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/world/middleeast/03mideast.html?hp The New York Times Isabel Kershner Israel Receives Video of Captured Soldier in Exchange for Release of Prisoners October 3, 2009 October 2 – The first video of the Israeli kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit is released to the public. November 4 – Operation Four Species: Israeli navy commandos of Shayetet 13 board and seize the MV Francop cargo ship in the eastern Mediterranean and its cargo of hundreds of tons of weapons allegedly bound from the Islamic Republic of Iran for Hezbollah in Lebanon. November 25 - Prime Minister Netanyahu announces a ten-month settlement moratorium in permits for new settlement homes in the West Bank (excluding east Jerusalem), seen as a result of pressure from the Obama administration, which urged the sides to seize the opportunity to resume talks. In his announcement, Netanyahu calls the move "a painful step that will encourage the peace process" and urges the Palestinian Arabs to respond.http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3810640,00.html Cabinet votes on 10-month building freeze Sofer Roni 2009-11-25 Ynetnews 2009-12-14 Notable deaths January 3 – Abu Zakaria al-Jamal, 49, Palestinian senior Hamas leader, air strike.https://www.foxnews.com/story/airstrike-in-gaza-reportedly-kills-senior-hamas-leader Fox News Airstrike in Gaza Reportedly Kills Senior Hamas Leader January 3, 2009 September 20, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101122003806/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475525,00.html November 22, 2010 live mdy-all January 2025 January 13 – Ayman Alkurd, 34, Palestinian footballer, airstrike. https://web.archive.org/web/20090331221654/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/news/newsid%3D997713.html 2009-03-31 January 15 – Said Seyam, 50, Palestinian government official, Interior Minister (2006–2007), airstrike.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3656955,00.html Israel says killed Hamas interior minister 15 January 2009 August 2 – Shafiq al-Hout, 77, Palestinian politician, co-founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization, cancer.http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=215975 Maan News Agency: Shafiq Al-Hout, PLO founder, dead at 77 maannews.net 15 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724192053/http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=215975 24 July 2011 dead August 3 – Samir Ghawshah, 72, Palestinian politician, member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation executive. August 15 – Abdel Latif Moussa, 47, Palestinian cleric, leader of Jund Ansar Allah, bomb blast.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8202746.stm BBC News Gaza Islamist leader dies in raid August 15, 2009 November 1 – Sakher Habash, 69, Palestinian party official (Fatah), stroke.September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Full date Unknown Fatima al-Budeiri, Palestinian radio broadcaster (born 1923).الرواد - مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني https://info.wafa.ps/Home/PersonDetails/256 2026-05-17 WAFA Info See also 2009 in Israel List of Israeli attacks on Gaza in 2009 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip Palestine at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics References 2009 in Palestine Category:Years of the 21st century in Palestine Category:2000s in Palestine Palestine