Five women who served as Israel Prison Service guards during their mandatory military service, and who alleged that they were sexually assaulted by a Palestinian security prisoner during their service, have reached a settlement agreement with the state, the Ynet news outlet reports.
The women will receive financial compensation worth millions of shekels, Ynet reports, without disclosing the exact sum.
The case dates back to 2018, when reports first surfaced of a security prisoner, Mahmoud Atallah, sexually assaulting several female soldiers serving as prison guards.
The women were alleged to have been “pimped” out to Atallah by then-prison intelligence officer Rani Basha.
Their case was initially closed without charges and failed to garner significant public attention until, in 2022, new allegations emerged during an investigation into a prison break at Gilboa. An appeal to reopen the case was accepted in March 2023.
Atallah was indicted on charges of sexual assault in September 2024 and his criminal trial is ongoing.
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