2018 in the State of Palestine
# 2018 in the State of Palestine

Events in the year 2018 in the State of Palestine.

## Incumbents

State of Palestine (UN observer non-member State)

* President: Mahmoud Abbas (PLO)
* Prime Minister: Rami Hamdallah

Gaza Strip (Hamas administration unrecognized by the United Nations)

* Prime Minister: Yahya Sinwar (Hamas)

## Events

* May 30 – United Nations warns that escalation Gaza is on a "Brink of War".

## Deaths

* 25 January – Ghassan Shakaa, politician, former mayor of Nablus (b. 1943).
* 24 March – Rim Banna, singer, composer and activist (b. 1966)
* 21 April – Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh, engineer and academic (b. 1983)
