A woman in her 30s was found dead outside her apartment Wednesday morning in a residential building in the central city of Lod, with a male neighbor being arrested shortly thereafter on suspicion of murder.
She is the first woman suspected to have been murdered in 2023, after 19 such homicides last year, which caused an outcry over a worsening epidemic of violence against women.
The woman was found without vital signs on the building’s staircase around 6 a.m., with Magen David Adom paramedics trying to resuscitate her but eventually pronouncing her dead.
Police officers immediately started searching the area for suspects and eventually arrested the man, in his 40s.
He was taken for questioning, with the Israel Police saying he would be then brought before a judge to extend his remand.
Domestic violence in Israel is on the rise, according to figures released in November by the Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry.
Numerous protests have been held over recent years over the way the government and authorities have been handling domestic violence, particularly in cases where the victims were already known to the authorities.
The coalition deal signed in late December between the Religious Zionism and Likud parties includes an agreement that Israel will not sign onto the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty intended to battle violence against women, with the far-right Religious Zionism claiming concerns over immigration implications.
Last week, the Knesset’s Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality held a discussion on the matter, with just one coalition member attending — Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har Melech, who arrived toward the end.
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Woman found dead outside her home in Lod; neighbor arrested on suspicion of murder
A woman in her 30s was found dead outside her apartment Wednesday morning in a residential building in the central city of Lod, with a male neighbor being arrested shortly thereafter on suspicion of murder.
She is the first woman suspected to have been murdered in 2023, after 19 such homicides last year, which caused an outcry over a worsening epidemic of violence against women.
The woman was found without vital signs on the building’s staircase around 6 a.m., with Magen David Adom paramedics trying to resuscitate her but eventually pronouncing her dead.
Police officers immediately started searching the area for suspects and eventually arrested the man, in his 40s.
He........
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