Gag order lifted on name of Palestinian terror convict accused of raping soldier

Palestinian security prisoner Mahmoud Atallah is accused of sexually assaulting and raping female IDF soldiers and guards at Gilboa Prison, in a scandal that alleges the women were 'pimped' out to Palestinian inmates. (Courtesy)
Palestinian security prisoner Mahmoud Atallah is accused of sexually assaulting and raping female IDF soldiers and guards at Gilboa Prison, in a scandal that alleges the women were 'pimped' out to Palestinian inmates. (Courtesy)

The imprisoned Palestinian terror convict accused of raping a female soldier at Gilboa Prison in northern Israel has been named as Mahmoud Atallah, after a court lifts a gag order on publishing his name in relation to the case.

The Fatah-linked Atallah is at the center of a sexual assault scandal at the facility, where reports of female IDF soldiers and guards being sexually harassed and assaulted surfaced again recently, following initial allegations several years ago.

He is serving a life sentence for the 2003 killing of a Palestinian woman in Ramallah suspected of assisting Israel.

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