Yitzhak Rabin

{{Audio|He-Yitzhak_Rabin.ogg|Yitzhak Rabin}} (or Yitschak Rabin) (???? ???? in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir. He was the first Israeli-born Prime Minister of Israel, the only Prime Minister to be assassinated and the second to die in office. (First was Levi Eshkol).

Death and aftermath

On November 4, 1995, Rabin was shot by Yigal Amir, after attending a rally promoting the Oslo process at Tel Aviv's Kings of Israel Square (which is now the Yitzhak Rabin Square). Fatally wounded by two gun shots, he died of massive blood loss and a punctured lung on the operating table at the nearby Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.

Related Topics:
November 4 - 1995 - Yigal Amir - Oslo process - Tel Aviv - Ichilov Hospital

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A national memorial day for Rabin is set on his death date, and the square in which he was killed was named after him, as well as many streets and public foundations.

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