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.
IOF News
Monitor group launches awareness campaign for femicide victims killed in 2024
Times Of Israel, 30.12.2024
Article on Metricide (murder of mothers) in Israel in 2025
Shani Bachar, of Netiv Hashayara, murdered on January 9, 2024.
An article published by the Israeli Observatory on Femicide discussing the phenomenan of mothers being murdered
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
Sharihan Mishleb, 35, was shot in her apartment at Abu Snan
29.07.2025
Sarah Richardson, 73, was choked to death by her son
27.05.2025
Vered Kravitz-Brosh, 80, was killed in her apartment in Mevasseret Zion
04.07.2025