Suspicion of family murder: A 53-year-old woman was found lifeless this morning (Monday) in Yeruham. Her husband was arrested and taken in for questioning, after calling the police himself and reporting that he had strangled her.
Man suspected of murdering his wife in Yeruham, today // Photo: MDA spokeswoman
The woman was found lifeless, with signs of violence on her body, at her home in the city. MDA medics and paramedics provided her with medical treatment and performed resuscitation, which eventually forced her to be pronounced dead.
MDA paramedic Yigal Asaig said: “When we arrived at the scene, the police led us to the apartment. We saw a 53-year-old woman unconscious, we performed medical tests, she was breathless and without a pulse. We started resuscitation operations, and after the resuscitation attempts we were forced to determine her death. “
Tal Ohana, head of the Yeruham local council: “We are shocked and hurt by the horrible and unnecessary death that happened tonight. Unfortunately, we received a chilling reminder that violence against women is an epidemic that refuses to disappear from the world. This epidemic has no vaccine, New in Yeruham, who lived a normative life and was murdered by her partner. They were not known to the local welfare services. We will conduct an in-depth investigation to understand what we could have done more and how to prevent the next murder. We embrace family and relatives and provide any assistance required. To stop. “
Naamat chairman Hagit Peer, in response to the murder in Yeruham: “The election is of much more interest to the government and the Knesset than the lives of hundreds of thousands of women living in the cycle of violence in Israel. Our politicians, from all parties, will spend billions on another election campaign, but they have not been able to budget the plan for combating domestic violence approved by the government itself since 2017. A new year has begun, but the wave of terrorism against women continues and has not stopped in her honor. To any acquaintance, neighbor or relative who suspects that a woman in his vicinity is subject to terrorism do not hesitate and turn to the professional bodies. It really saves lives. “