Woman stabbed to death in Pardes Hanna; Police arrest husband as suspect
A 49-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her home in Pardes Hanna on Monday night, police and emergency services said. Her husband was reportedly arrested as a suspect.
Around 4 a.m., paramedics were sent to the apartment of the victim, who was identified as Ina Danilov. They joined police who led them to the victim, who was unconscious and suffering from multiple stab wounds. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.
In a statement, police said the murder was likely related to a “dispute within the family” and confirmed the arrest of a suspect, a man in his 50s. Hebrew media reports identified the suspect as her husband.
According to Ynet, the murder occurred while Danilov’s children were in the house. The victim’s 22-year-old daughter called police to report a domestic violence incident, but by the time officers arrived, Danilov had already been stabbed multiple times.
The husband tried to flee the scene and was caught by police shortly after the incident while hiding near the residence, Ynet reported. He was due to appear at the Hadera District Court for a remand hearing on Monday.
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The husband reportedly has a history of domestic violence. Complaints were filed against him in 2017 and 2018, but did not result in charges, Ynet reported.
According to public broadcaster Kan, his family called the police to his home about 11 months ago because he was behaving violently toward his children.
When the police arrived, the family refused to file a formal complaint against him. Officers still held him for questioning and then released him, subject to certain restrictions, including a restraining order keeping him away from his wife and children.
After the restraining order was lifted, he returned to his family, the outlet reported.
Lili Ben Ami, head of the Michal Sela Forum, an organization fighting domestic violence, said the killing signaled a continuation of last year’s rise in fatal violence against women.
According to data from the Israel Observatory on Femicide, there were 34 cases of femicide, or the gender-based killing of women, last year, compared to the 23 femicide victims in 2024.
Ben Ami warned that Israel is currently in a “state of emergency” marked by the “deterioration of the safety of women in their homes” and decried the government’s perceived inaction on the matter in a statement to Kan.
“For two years they have been insisting not to hold a single cabinet discussion on this issue [of misogynist violence]” she said.
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