Pregnant woman dies at Soroka Medical Center after husband beat her
The woman was brain-dead from Friday and succumbed to her injuries on Saturday night.
By ALEX WINSTONSoroka Medical Center in Beersheba(photo credit: DR. AVISHAI TEICHER/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
A 29-year-old pregnant resident of Rahat who was hospitalized on Friday after her husband allegedly beat her has died of her injuries.The woman, named as Roan al-Katnani, was brain-dead from Friday and succumbed to her injuries through Saturday night. The fetus did not survive.Her father told KAN News on Sunday morning, "We will wait until the end of the investigation and then we will see how to act. If he is guilty, there is a law in the country."Al-Katnani’s family requested that her organs be donated and her corneas have already been removed to help patients regain the ability to see, the National Transplant Center said in a press release.Her 32-year-old husband was arrested on Friday and has denied the allegations. He will be brought before the Beersheba Magistrates Court on Sunday.Attorney Maslam Ariyatha, who is representing the suspect on behalf of public defense, said: "This is a young man with no criminal record. He denies the accusations and is cooperating with investigators."The couple’s three children, aged five, eight and nine, were taken in by relatives. The woman’s father described a difficult 13-year marriage between the man and his daughter, Ynet reported on Friday.He said she often said that her husband treated her badly and that the two families held several interventions in an attempt to save the marriage.WIZO chairwoman Anita Friedman said on Friday that violence against women "became terrorism a long time ago and must be fought with all means."
Israel has seen a large spike in the number of high-profile domestic violence incidents in recent months, including several deaths, such as Maya Vishniyak, whose boyfriend Amit Almog was charged on Thursday morning with the murder of his girlfriend and then covering her body with banknotes before photographing her and sending them to a friend.
