The military prosecution files indictments against three male corporals for the gang rape of a female soldier at the Hatzerim airbase in April, Ynet reports.
They stand accused of various offenses, including rape and sodomy.
A fourth soldier will be indicted in the coming days, the report says.
The four allegedly entered the woman’s room and took turns raping her.
The victim filed a complaint with the military police in late April at the urging of her commanding officers.
Shai Roda, a criminal attorney representing one of the four suspects, has claimed that the sexual relations between his client and the complainant were consensual.
The number of complaints in the army regarding sexual offenses has increased in recent years, with 777 complaints in 2012, 930 in 2013, and 1,073 in 2014, according to Haaretz.
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