September – Batya Gur, Israeli writer (died 2005). 15 September – Amos Kollek, Israeli film director, writer, and actor. 17 September – Ilanit, Israeli singer. 27 September – Shaul Yahalom, Israeli politician. 1 October – Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. 2 October – Uzi Arad, Israeli strategist, National Security Advisor, and Mossad officer. 13 October – Avi Lerner, Israeli-American film producer. 26 October – Miriam Naor, Israeli jurist, judge on the Israeli Supreme Court. 23 October – Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Palestinian Arab, co-founder of the militant Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas (died 2004). 7 November – Sefi Rivlin, Israeli actor (died 2013). Full date unknown Efrat Natan, Israeli artist. Minna Rozen, Israeli historian. Moti Sasson, Israeli politician, current Mayor of Holon. Avraham Diskin, Israeli political scientist. Yael Renan, Israeli writer and translator (died 2020). Deaths 16 April Dov Gruner (born 1912), Irgun member captured during a raid on a police station, executed by hanging. Yehiel Dresner (born 1922), Irgun member, captured during the Night of the Beatings, executed by hanging. Mordechai Alkahi (born 1925), Irgun member, captured during the Night of the Beatings, executed by hanging. 21 April Meir Feinstein (born 1927), Irgun member captured following the bombing of a railway station, committed suicide while awaiting execution. Moshe Barazani (born 1926), Lehi member captured carrying a grenade, committed suicide while awaiting execution. 23 May Akiva Aryeh Weiss (born 1868), Zionist activist, one of the founders of Tel Aviv. 29 July Avshalom Haviv (born 1926), Irgun member and former Palmach member captured during the Acre Prison break, executed by hanging. Meir Nakar (born 1926), Irgun member captured during the Acre Prison break, executed by hanging. Yaakov Weiss (born 1924), Irgun member captured during the Acre Prison break, and Czech immigrant who saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis, executed by hanging. 27 November David Bloch-Blumenfeld (born 1884), Labor Zionist leader and second Mayor of Tel Aviv Palestine Years in Mandatory Palestine