Israel murder rate

Israeli man allegedly brutally murders wife with an ax in front of their four children

Police are still investigating the incident as of press time; however, the woman was allegedly beaten with an ax in her apartment in front of her four children.

ZAKA volunteers arrive at the scene of the alleged murder in Petah Tikva on November 1, 2026.
Illustration image of handcuffs on the hands of an arrested man, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025.

WATCH: Seven suspects set to be indicted in killing of Jerusalem teen Benayahu Razi

Police at the scene where two people were murdered in Haifa, northern Israel, February 18, 2026. Ilustrative.

Teenager killed in Haifa marks 150th person murdered by violence in Arab sector in 2026

Protesters gather outside a court in Petah Tikva, holding signs and calling for justice following the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, a Pizza Hut employee who was stabbed and later died of his wounds on the eve of Independence Day, May 5, 2026.

Family criticizes prosecution for indictment of Zalka murder suspect, calls for public rally


Tiberias decapitation suspect: 'divine spirit' drove me to murder ex-wife

Police released the identity of the man suspected of decapitating his ex-wife and carrying her head down the street.

The scene of the crime in Tiberias

Trauma expert tells of ‘horrific’ scene at suspected Jerusalem murder-suicide

Two daughters autopsied; family’s funeral held in the capital.

Emergency services outside the Jerusalem aparment building where a mother and four children died in an apartment fire on Jan 1 2017.

Fugitive wanted for double murder shot dead by district police commander

Anastasia Rosanov was shot dead in her apartment along with Eliezer Kandinov just hours after she had returned from a battered women’s shelter.

Police car at crime scene

Police: Man arrested in connection to serial homicides, sexual assaults

Court-appointed Attorney Lior Ronen said that his client “is a new immigrant with no criminal record, and he denies all of the allegations against him.”

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Police grapple with brutal murder of woman in front of her children

A deadly act of vengeance against a mob witness, or a murder by an abusive husband against the wife he had repeatedly threatened to kill?

Police car at crime scene

Teenager believed murdered by twin buried as police work on motive

Shiri’s attorney Gil Friedman denied media reports that the two had confessed to the murder Thursday evening to police, saying that at no point did they confess to any role in the killing.

Police car at crime scene

Police yet to rule out terror attack in murder of farm worker on moshav

The victim, 70-year-old David Bar Kafra of Rehovot, was attacked by a group of agricultural workers – believed to be illegal Palestinian laborers or possibly Thai agricultural workers.

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Teen at murder trial: I ‘never dreamed’ we would kill Abu Khdeir

Defense Ministry recognized Abu Khdeir as a victim of hostile action and granted his family compensation rights identical to those received by victims of Arab terrorism

Yosef Ben David, currently serving a life sentence, was the ringleader of the group which killed Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir

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.

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The national unity myth

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

Vigil for Naftali, Eyal and Gil-Ad