: a native or inhabitant of the republic of Israel
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More than 1,000 people have been killed since the resumption of Israeli strikes on March 18, the ministry said.—David Brennan, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025 Iran and its proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, and elsewhere are on the back foot, under severe pressure from Israeli forces.—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
The native Israeli has defended the country in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025 Hamas was trying to retrofit unexploded Israeli ordinance from the war for its own weapons stockpiles, according to Tamir Heyman, the head of Israel's leading national security think tank, the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies.—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 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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