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Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for US Senate, speaks to an overflow crowd outside a campaign event, June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
June 8, 2026, 9:18 am
Anti-Israel US Senate candidate draws support despite Nazi tattoo, allegations of abuse
Graham Platner, who is expected to win Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Maine, has called accusations of past violence against women untrue; latest claims deepen some Democrats’ concern
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Edna Adan Ismail is interviewed in Hargeisa, Somaliland on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP/Brian Inganga)
March 2, 2026, 10:43 pm
Nurse to nation-builder, Somaliland’s honorary ‘first lady’ hails ‘natural’ ties with Israel
Edna Adan Ismail, 88, says she was working on forging diplomatic relations with Jerusalem as foreign minister two decades ago, recognizing countries’ shared interests
By Diana Bletter
Police and paramedics arrive at the scene of a stabbing in Pardes Hanna on December 5, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
January 5, 2026, 12:12 pm
Woman stabbed to death in Pardes Hanna; police arrest husband as suspect
Ina Danilov killed in her home; husband reportedly has history of domestic violence, was issued temporary restraining order last year
By Charlie Summers
A woman wears punching gloves as mock red hands symbolizing slain women reach out of the ground in a protest display to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, outside Her Academy, a vocational school for survivors of prostitution and abuse, in Tel Aviv. November 24, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 25, 2025, 4:39 pm
Law enforcement a no-show at Knesset discussions on violence against women
Opposition MKs who led meetings to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women slam Ben Gvir, who was touring prison services’ domestic violence unit
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Victim of domestic violence and abuse. (snob/Shutterstock.com)
July 23, 2025, 8:05 pm
Comptroller says state failing to address domestic abuse, violence against women
In report, Matanyahu Englman says Israel has not taken steps recommended in 2021 audit of same issue, says growing violence figures oblige state to act to fix deficiencies
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
June 18, 2024, 1:16 pm
Son suspected of stabbing mother to death in southern city of Arad
Suspect reportedly turns himself in, may be sent for psychological assessment
By ToI Staff
The scene of the murder of an 18-year-old woman in the western Galilee on June 9, 2023. (screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 8, 2024, 10:30 am
Domestic violence rates nearly doubled since Oct. 7. Eight women were murdered in 2024
Experts at conference on femicide say it’s not the more widespread availability of weapons that is killing women, it’s the indifference of those meant to protect them
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a double murder in Isfiya, northern Israel, April 13, 2024. (Israel Police)
May 15, 2024, 11:15 pm
Woman found dead in Beersheba apartment in suspected murder; partner arrested
Victim in her 40s found with signs of violence on her body; higher rate of femicide in Israel this year than last
By ToI Staff
Protesters gather outside the UN headquarters in New York City on December 4, 2023, to protest the international community's perceived silence on sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists against Israeli women during the October 7 massacre. (Carli Fogel)
February 21, 2024, 5:17 pm
Israel submits report to UN on Hamas’s mass weaponization of rape
Written by umbrella organization of rape crisis centers, grim document reviews Palestinian terror group’s strategic use of sexual violence, as deniers abound
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of an assailant, bottom right, stabbing a pregnant woman in Lod, November 30, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 27, 2023, 4:04 pm
14-year-old suspected of knifing pregnant sister to death in front of her kids
Aya Hajaj’s father also to be indicted for allegedly ordering slaying, as well as a teen cousin suspected of abetting getaway; investigators say motive for attack unclear
By ToI Staff
The area of ​​the Supernova festival where hundreds of Israelis were killed and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in the October 7 terror onslaught, October 12, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 3, 2023, 7:31 pm
Graphic report details new evidence of rape, sexual violence during October 7 rampage
Witnesses, volunteers tell UK’s Sunday Times of seeing gang-rape, remains found mutilated, days after UN says it will look into allegations following weeks of international silence
By ToI Staff
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers remarks during a Security Council open debate on the maintenance of international peace and security at the UN headquarters in New York on November 20, 2023. (Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
November 30, 2023, 11:46 am
After 7 weeks of silence, UN chief calls to investigate Hamas sex crimes on Oct 7
Envoy Erdan slams lengthy delay, casting of doubt by Guterres on such incidents during terror onslaught in Israel, despite testimony from survivors, first responders, morgue workers
By Amy Spiro, Jacob Magid and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Members of the emergency squad of Moshav Amuka seen during a drill in Moshav Amuka, northern Israel, November 15, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
November 15, 2023, 6:16 pm
Gun permit requests since October 7 equivalent to number in previous 20 years
Over 236,000 people apply for licenses, as Ben Gvir seeks to arm civilians despite warnings that weapons will be used by criminals
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A protest against violence against women in Tel Aviv, December 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
November 3, 2023, 11:32 am
Women in abusive homes fear for their safety as war leads to relaxed gun licensing
175,000 firearm license applications filed since Oct. 7 as Ben Gvir eases restrictions; forum calls for those with domestic violence complaints against them to be ineligible
By Shira Silkoff
A pistol retrieved from the scene where a man was suspected of shooting his wife dead and then attempting to take his own life, causing himself moderate injuries in Rahat, September 11, 2023. (Israel Police)
September 11, 2023, 8:03 pm
Rahat man suspected of killing wife, turning gun on self
Police arrest suspect, 35, with moderate injuries in predominantly Bedouin southern town of Rahat; lobby group says 21 women killed in homicides since beginning of year
By ToI Staff
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