: a native or inhabitant of the republic of Israel
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Adjective
If that number is correct, however, this means that the Israeli military has also killed at least 40,000 civilians.—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2025 Polls show that roughly seventy per cent of the Israeli public supports a deal that would end the war and release the remaining hostages.—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
By October 1985, Israeli KC-707s refueled F-15s, enabling them to fly all the way from their home airbases over the Eastern Mediterranean to strike the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Tunisia.—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 An Israeli tank moves on an area near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, on Monday.—Andrew Jones, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Israeli
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Adjective
Modern Hebrew yiśrĕ'ēlī, from Hebrew, Israelite, noun & adjective, from Yiśrā'ēl
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