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The Israel Observatory
on Femicide (IOF)
The Israel Observatory on Femicide (IOF) monitors the murder of women in Israel because of their gender. It collects quantitative and qualitative data in order to eradicate the phenomenon.
Selected Publications


Femicide in Israel, In: P R Kumaraswamy (Ed.)
Shalva Weil,
Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

Female Geronticide: The Case of Israel
Shalva Weil, Noam S. Keshet,
Journal of Gender Studies, 2021.
Recent Victims
Aisha Abu Wadi, 30, was shot in Kseife.
Is that femicide?
10.02.2025
Avivit Lihi Ariel, 49, was murdered in her apartment in Kiryat Ata
15.01.2025

Manal Altori, 27, was allegedly murdered by her husband. Found in their house in Rahat.
26.8.2024
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