Domestic violence in Israel

Bat Melech reports spike in domestic violence hotline calls during wartime

Shelters for religious and haredi women at full capacity as organization says security emergencies are intensifying danger inside the home.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Woman in distress.
Committee Chairman Meirav Cohen leads status of Women and Gender Equality committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 24, 2026.

Rape survivors offer chilling testimonies of police, court negligence in Knesset committee hearing

"I filed a report with the police at the age of 17 against my father, who raped me," said one survivor. "The case was closed due to lack of evidence."

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
A WIZO report points at rising teen dating violence. (Ilustration)

WIZO warns in annual report of rising teen dating violence, nat’l data breakdown

The findings reveal the depth of a crisis that WIZO says now begins in adolescence and extends into adulthood, while policymakers remain largely in the dark.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.

Femicide in Israel on the rise, particularly among Jewish-Israeli women

Over the past year, 32 women from both Jewish and Arab backgrounds were victims of femicide.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Two children murdered by father on Moshav Yishrash to be buried in Ohio Wednesday

The children were killed hours after arriving in Israel to visit their father, who had a history of domestic violence.

JUNE 17, 2014ByBEN HARTMAN
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