World · Middle East · 17 hrs ago
Woman killed in Beersheba stabbing; husband arrested
A woman in her 40s was stabbed in her apartment in Beersheba, a city in southern Israel, and later died in hospital.
Police arrested her husband at the scene and are investigating the killing as a suspected case of domestic violence.
Hebrew media reported that he called police and said he had murdered his wife.
The couple has three children, aged 20, 16 and five, and the youngest was reportedly at home when the stabbing happened.
There had been no previous reports of violence in the family, according to Hebrew media.
The Michal Sela Forum says at least 13 women have been killed by family members in Israel this year.
Police have opened an investigation, and the sources do not say what will happen next.
A woman around 40 was stabbed to death in her Beersheba apartment overnight Saturday.
Her husband was arrested at the scene as a suspect, police said.
The Magen David Adom emergency service received a report at 1:42 a.m.; the woman later died at Soroka Medical Center.
Police opened an investigation into what they believe was a case of domestic violence.
The couple’s five-year-old son was reportedly at home when the stabbing happened.
- Who
- A woman around 40 was killed. Her husband was arrested as a suspect.
- What
- The woman was stabbed to death in an apartment.
- When
- Overnight Saturday; the emergency service received a report at 1:42 a.m.
- Where
- An apartment on Bnei Or Street in Beersheba.
- Why
- Police believe the incident was a case of domestic violence.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I have murdered my wife.
A morning in which the harsh reality that many families in Israel live in is again in the headlines following the terrible murder overnight
must occupy decision makers and be given a place at the national level in a broad, properly funded, properly staffed national program that will provide a decent response to hundreds of thousands of women who have experienced and will experience violence against themselves in their families
A woman was stabbed in her Beersheba apartment.
Magen David Adom received a report of an injured woman and sent medics and paramedics to the apartment.
The woman was taken to Soroka Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Police said the husband had been arrested at the scene and that officers had opened an investigation.
- Victim
- Around 40 years old
- Emergency report
- 1:42 a.m.
- Location
- Bnei Or Street, Beersheba
- Hospital
- Soroka Medical Center
- Children
- Three, aged 20, 16 and five; the youngest was reportedly at home






