bus attack July 24 – Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing August 21 – Ramat Eshkol bus bombing Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1995 include: October 26 – Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta. Notable births January 17 - Bisan Noor, footballer February 13 - Marsel Efroimski, chess player April 18 - Idan Zalmanson, basketball player June 15 - Itay Segev, basketball player October 21 - Ramzi Safouri, footballer Full date unknown Bar Hefer, beauty pageant Notable deaths January 4 – Naomi Amir (born 1931), American-born Israeli neurologist. May 11 – David Avidan (born 1934), Israeli poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist and playwright. July 16 – Mordechai Gur (born 1930), Israeli politician and the 10th Chief of Staff of the IDF. August 5 – Menachem Avidom (b 1908), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli composer. September 9 – Benjamin Mazar (born 1906), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli historian, archaeologist, and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem September 27 – Sasha Argov (born 1914), Russian-born Israeli composer. November 4 – Yitzhak Rabin (born 1922), Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Full date unknown – Zvi Sliternik (born 1897), Austro-Hungarian (Podolia)-born Israeli entomologist. Major public holidays See also 1995 in Israeli film References External links IDF History in 1995 @ dover.idf.il