page_title: 1985 in Israel
section_title: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
hierarchical_section_title: 1985 in Israel / Events / Israeli–Palestinian conflict
caption_attribution_description: English: Achille Lauro
context_page_description: Events in the year 1985 in Israel.
context_section_description: The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1985 include:
  Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
  The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1985 include:
  9 April – A Palestinian Arab suicide car bomber drives an explosive-laden vehicle into an Israeli army patrol, killing 2 soldiers.
  21 May - The Jibril Agreement - Israel releases 1,150 security prisoners being held in Israeli prisoners in exchange for three Israeli soldiers captured during the 1982 Lebanon War.
  25 September – An Arab terrorist cell takes over an Israeli yacht off the coast of Larnaca, Cyprus and kills its three Israeli occupants. An elite section of the PLO known as Force 17 claims responsibility for the attack.
  7 October – The Italian cruise ship MS Achille Lauro is hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by Palestinian Arab militants. The hijackers' original aim was to use the ship to slip into Israel. However, crew members discover them cleaning weapons, and the group then seizes control of the ship; holding the passengers and crew hostage, they direct the vessel to sail to Tartus, Syria, and demand the release of 50 Palestinian Arabs then in Israeli prisons. During the incident, the militants kill the passenger Leon Klinghoffer, a 69-year-old wheelchair-bound Jewish American, and throw him overboard.
  27 December – Palestinian Arab militants from Abu Nidal's militant group open fire at the counters of El Al in the airports of Rome and Vienna. 18 Israelis were killed and 40 were injured.
  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 1985 include:
  4 August – Defence Minister Rabin launches an Iron Fist policy in West Bank.
  1 October – Operation Wooden Leg: Following the attack in Cyprus, the Israeli Air Force bombs PLO Headquarters near Tunis.
caption: MS Achille Lauro
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