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Yaakov Hetz1946–2026Israeli war hero and defense innovator who fought at Ammunition Hill in the Six-Day War, won the Medal of Courage and Israel Defense Prize, and helped develop the Maoz drone.- Ili Gorlitzki1935–2026Israeli actor and singer, a leading member of the Cameri Theater, best known for starring in the musical King Solomon and Shlomi the Cobbler.
- Gilad Ben Shach1941–2026Israeli composer and radio editor who co-founded Reshet Gimel and headed its entertainment department, composing songs for Ilan and Ilanit.
- Guy Kapelnik1980–2026Israeli actor known for films such as Room 514, Salsa Tel Aviv, and Lebanon, who later became a flight instructor in California.
- David Batzri1941–2026Rabbi David Batzri (1941–2026) was a prominent Israeli Kabbalist and head of Yeshivat Hashalom in Jerusalem.
- Yehuda Atlas1937–2026Israeli children's author, poet, translator, editor and journalist, best known for the iconic children's poetry book 'And This Child Is Me' (1977).
- Yaakov Goldwasser1950–2026Israeli film and television director, a leading figure of 1980s-90s Israeli cinema known for cult hits 'Mitach La'Af' and 'Abba Ganuv'.
- Menashe Raz1946–2026Israeli journalist, television and radio presenter, and documentary director, best known as host of the Channel 1 program Mishpat Iona.
- Albert S. Axelrad1938–2026Albert S. Axelrad was an American Reform rabbi who headed Brandeis University's Hillel Foundation for 34 years and championed Jewish pluralism and social justice.
- Gideon Koutz?–2026Israeli journalist and media historian, long-time foreign correspondent covering France and Europe for Israeli outlets including Kan, and professor at Tel Aviv University and Paris 8.
- Mordechai Auerbach1942–2026Orthodox rabbi and longtime Tel Aviv community leader, son of halakhic authority Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach.
- Esterina Tartman1957–2026Israeli former politician who served as a Knesset member for Yisrael Beiteinu from 2006 to 2009.
- Yohanan Elishuv1931–2026Last surviving Palmach fighter who raised Eilat's Ink Flag at Umm Rashrash in 1949, marking the end of Israel's War of Independence.
- Jehuda Widawski1919–2026Yehuda Aharon Widawski (1919–2026) was Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor, a Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz survivor who devoted decades to restoring Jewish cemeteries in Poland.
- Yossi Polak1945–2026Israeli actor and director with a long career in theater, film, and television, known for roles at Habima, Cameri, and Beit Lessin.
- Rachel Rabin-Yaakov1925–2026Israeli educator and co-founder of Kibbutz Manara who was the younger sister of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
- Ilan Dar1937–2026Israeli actor known for the TV series 'Krovim Krovim' and a long career in theatre, film, and television.
- Ada Yonath1939–2026Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry who won the 2009 Nobel Prize for pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome.
- Yitzhak Alfasi1929–2026Prominent Hasidic scholar and author of some 90 books and essays on the Hasidic movement and its leaders.
- Miki Peled1939–2026Legendary Israeli entertainment producer and impresario who founded the Festigal and the Chassidic Song Festival.
