Israel murder rate

Police arrest suspect over double murder of mother, son in Yokne’am Illit

The suspect, whose name is under a gag order, is believed to have killed a mother and her son in their apartment in Yokne’am Illit.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)
A protestor carries a poster during a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025.

Femicide in Israel: Man indicted for burning ex-wife to death after months of threats

On November 10, prosecutors claimed that Mahamid ambushed A. while she drove home from her work in Harish. He allegedly doused his ex-wife and her car in gasoline before setting it alight.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
BEFORE HER father, Vendyl Jones, died in 2010, Sarah Richardson would help him on archaeological digs. This past May, she was murdered by her son, Joel, in yet another femicide in Israel.

Israel's concerning new femicide problem: Sons murdering their mothers - opinion

One-third of all femicides in Israel were later found to be matricides.

|BySHALVA WEIL
Police at the scene where five people were shot dead in the Arab Town of Yafa an-Naseriyye, northern Israel, June 8, 2023

Arab-Israeli murder rate third highest in developed world

The difference in murder rates between Jews and Arabs in Israel in 2023 is about 60% greater than the difference in murder rates between black and white communities in the US.

|ByYUVAL BARNEA

Mob boss slips out of Israel

Moti Hassin, aka “The Spectacles,” flew out of Ben-Gurion Airport to Bulgaria on Monday, along with fellow underworld figure Shlomi Niamchuk.

OCTOBER 28, 2014ByBEN HARTMAN
Delta airline plane

The national unity myth

Unless dramatic changes are made in the political and diplomatic conduct, more kidnappings and murders are bound to take place.

JULY 3, 2014ByLIOR AKERMAN
Vigil for Naftali, Eyal and Gil-Ad