Police suspect man who allegedly broke into Gedera home and raped woman was not trying to commit burglary

A screenshot from surveillance video shows a suspect before he allegedly raped a woman in front of her children after breaking into a home in the southern town of Gedera, February 2, 2023. (Twitter screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Police suspect a Bedouin Israeli man, 22, who was detained for allegedly breaking into a home in the city of Gedera early Friday morning and raping a woman in her 30s, was not planning a burglary.
Hebrew-language media cite an initial police investigation as saying the man broke into the home to rape the woman, and did not have other intentions.
The suspect was arrested earlier this morning in the West Bank.
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