Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide in northern Jerusalem after a 13-year-old boy found both his parents dead in their home earlier today, after hearing the sound of gunshots from their room.
Officers called to the scene found a gun near the father, who held a firearm license, Hebrew outlets report, leading law enforcement to assume that the father, 38, shot his wife, 35, then killed himself with the weapon.
Meanwhile, police in an official statement say that the circumstances of the parents’ deaths are “at this stage unclear” as they continue to probe the incident.
Unprecedented numbers of Israelis have filed for personal firearm licenses since October 7. In the first two months following Hamas’s massacre, 274,279 people filed for a handgun license, a sharp rise from the total of 42,170 Israelis requesting a license the year prior.
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
— Gabriella Jacobs, multimedia journalist
Support our work
Support our work
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
You're a dedicated reader
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
Join Our Community
Join Our Community
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
From the Liveblog of
Friday, April 4, 2025
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
