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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.

IOF News

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"Domestic violence rates nearly doubled since Oct. 7. Eight women were murdered in 2024"
Times of Israel | 8.01.2024 

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.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

Annual Report 2023

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The rate of femicide in Israel increased exponentially after the terrible events of 7 October 2023.

Selected Publications

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Femicide in Israel, In: P R Kumaraswamy (Ed.)

Shalva Weil,

Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. 

 

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Female Geronticide: The Case of Israel

Shalva Weil, Noam S. Keshet,

Journal of Gender Studies, 2021.

 

Recent Victims

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Marina Malinovsky, 32, was beaten to death, and her body left in an alleyway.

19.03.24 

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Sumia Amas, 33,

was beaten to death by her husband, who buried her body. 

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

26.08.24

31.06.2024

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