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 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.

Holon, Rahat stabbings highlight Israeli femicide uptick

 Police investigate the scene of a murder of a 24-year-old woman in Haifa on May 8, 2023.

Woman in her 30s shot dead in Haifa at a night club

 MK PNINA Tamano Shata and German Bundestag President Barbel Bas attend a special Knesset committee meeting in November, titled: ‘Crimes against humanity committed by Hamas against women in the events of October 7.’

Femicide and the effects of the Israel-Hamas war - opinion

By SHALVA WEIL
 MINISTER FOR the Advancement of the Status of Women May Golan sits with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum.

Femicide and Hamas: The new war has women at the center of slaughter - opinion

By SHALVA WEIL
 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

A surge in femicide cases in Egypt raises alarm

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
 AN IRANIAN fan holds a jersey in memory of Mahsa Amini, inside the stadium before a World Cup soccer match between Iran and Wales, in Qatar, last November.

The shofar’s call to remember Mahsa Amini - opinion

By SHEILA KATZ
 People take part in a protest marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, after allegations that a lack of prompt action by authorities led to a case of femicide, in Valletta, Malta November 25, 2022.

The argument for retributive justice in cases of femicide in Turkey - study

A social media photo of Sarit Ahmad, who was killed at the age of 18.

Israeli man indicted for hiring hitman to ‘honor kill’ lesbian sister

 Murderer, holding a knife, face to face with a terrified woman in a basement (illustrative).

Bosnian bodybuilder streams wife's murder on Instagram live

Giora Praff Perry, suspected of murdering his wife, Esti Ahronovitz

Giora Perry convicted of wife's murder after four years

 Illustrative image of a man in handcuffs.

Florida man who appeared on 'America's Most Wanted' finally arrested after 40 years

ACTIVISTS PROTEST against recent cases of violence against women at Habima Square in Tel Aviv last week.

Electronic bracelet law is ‘pathetic’ – activist

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

Police charge Israeli for strangling, assaulting wife for disturbing sleep

People attend a demonstration to protest femicide and violence against women in Paris

Rising femicide rates in the Middle East spark calls for urgent action

By CRYSTAL JONES/THE MEDIA LINE
 Police at the scene of a murder of a resident of Kuseife, April 16, 2023

Woman shot dead in northern Israel in 16th case of femicide in 2023

 Police investigate the scene of a murder of a 24-year-old woman in Haifa on May 8, 2023.

24-year-old woman shot and killed in Haifa overnight

 A CEREMONY in memory of women murdered by men, as part of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women events in Tel Aviv, last year.

Is Israel failing to protect its most vulnerable citizens?

 Israel Police on the scene of the murder of a woman and her two infant children in Taiba.

Woman and two infant sons murdered in Taiba, husband arrested