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Monday, January 19, 2026
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Monday, January 19, 2026
Man found dead in Ofakim; woman shot and killed in Al-Atrash, husband arrested
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice say they opened an investigation after a man was found dead in the southern town of Ofakim.
Law enforcement says the man’s body had signs of violence.
In an unrelated incident overnight, a woman in her 40s was killed by gunfire in the Bedouin village Al-Atrash in the south.
The victim’s husband has been arrested, police say.
Crime rates are steadily climbing in Israel, with murders spiking, despite the fact that far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, whose ministry is in charge of policing, ran on a platform of increasing personal safety.
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