Domestic abuse reports to WhatsApp hotline spike by 95% amid COVID-19

The Committee for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equality in the Knesset announced on Monday that sexual abuse cases rose by 33% throughout the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.

ACTIVISTS PROTEST against recent cases of violence against women at Habima Square in Tel Aviv last week.

ACTIVISTS PROTEST against recent cases of violence against women at Habima Square in Tel Aviv last week.

(photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)

ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI

NOVEMBER 24, 2020 17:27