Femicide

Pardes Hanna woman murdered in first femicide case in Israel in 2026, husband arrested

Police said the initial investigation indicates the killing stemmed from a family dispute.

Police arrive to arrest suspect on murder charge for Pardes Hana
A protestor carries a poster during a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025.

Sharp rise in femicide in Israel in 2025, firearms become leading weapon - report

A protestor carries a poster during a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025.

Femicide in Israel: Man indicted for burning ex-wife to death after months of threats

Members of the Lebanese police look through a door at a Byblos Bank branch where an armed depositor took hostages according to the Depositors' Association, in Tyre, Lebanon October 4, 2022.

Lebanese man accused of murdering Syrian wife, torturing her with scalding oil


'Dont Passover us': Four arrested as Israeli women's group begins graffiti campaign

This activity was designed to evoke the dramatic moment in the Passover story at the conclusion of the Ten Plagues, the death of the first-born.

 "Do not pass over us" is written in red by LOTEM anti-gender-violence activists.

Eight women in three months: Adisi Albana murdered in her home

The woman's partner is the key suspect in the case after he turned himself in during the night.

 Outside the apartment in Kiryat Ata where the 29-year-old woman was murdered on March 24, 2023.

Jerusalem woman in serious condition, ex allegedly set her on fire

Woman's ex suspected of setting her aflame, committing suicide right after

 Medics and Fire and Rescue units attend to an emergency in Gilo, a neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Israeli NGO appeal to gov't for immediate action against rising femicide rates

In nearly 80% of femicide cases in 2022, the woman was murdered by someone close to them.

 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.

Israeli murders wife in Lod, second femicide in two weeks in city

The police were able to locate the suspect, who had initially fled the scene, in a crashed vehicle after hitting a police car near his home.

An Israel Police officer is seen arresting a man on a highway in an illustrative

Massachusetts man charged with wife's murder searched how to dispose of body - prosecutor

After more than a week of trying to deny claims that he did not murder his wife, Brian Walshe had to face the music when his internet search history proved otherwise.

Husband of Massachusetts woman Ana Walshe has been arrested on murder charges.

Former female Afghan MP shot dead in Kabul - police

Mursal Nabizada was a lawmaker in Afghanistan until the Taliban took over in 2021.

 An Afghan woman and a girl walk in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 9, 2022

Murder of women on the rise in Israel, 50% increase from 2021

In 79% of femicide cases in 2022, the woman was murdered by someone close to them, and in four cases, the murderer was identified as the victim's son.

 A participant at the Jerusalem SlutWalk holding a sign reading "may their memory be a revolution," June 17, 2022

Woman found dead in burned-out apartment, husband arrested

Police are investigating the possibility that the husband deliberately started the fire in the home while his wife, their three children, and his father were all inside the apartment. 

 Israel Police at the scene where a man is suspected of murdering his wife and then setting his home ablaze in Rehovot, on September 27, 2022

Yelena Gerenberg murder: Jason Blaze admits to killing her

An Israel Police representative has cited concerns that Blaze attempted to tamper with the crime scene and conceal evidence.

 Police find the body of a young woman in Rehovot