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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Gag order lifted on name of Palestinian terror convict accused of raping soldier
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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.
הותר לפרסום: האסיר הביטחוני מחמוד עטאללה השפוט למאסר עולם הוא החשוד באונס סוהרת בכלא גלבוע ועבירות מין בשתי סוהרות נוספות. נגד עטאללה כבר יש אישום על פגיעה מינית בשלוש סוהרות אחרות.
עטאללה מכחיש את החשדות נגדו. pic.twitter.com/ACgRcgNMw9— Josh Breiner (@JoshBreiner) August 23, 2022
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