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 Matricide (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
Alaa Sidi, 30, was murdered by gunfire in Reineh.
24.03.2026
Merav Edri, 40, was murdered by her husband in Beersheba.
19.04.2026
Marlene al-Touri, 30, was murdered in Kafr Qasim. Her former spouse was arrested.
15.04.2026