The Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court extended on Friday afternoon by five days the remand of the man suspected of stabbing his ex-wife on Thursday night.

The hearing was held in absentia because the suspect is currently at the Soroka Hospital, where he was hospitalized after he was injured during his escape from the apartment after the stabbing.

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