The suspect in two highly publicized rape cases, whose name is set to be released today after a long battle by victims and women’s groups, is released from house arrest.
Police have requested he remain in Israel for the next 30 days.
The suspect, whose name has been barred by courts from publication, allegedly raped Shaylee Atary, a filmmaker, singer, and survivor of the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, in 2011, and Naama Shahar in October 2022.
Atary launched a legal battle last year for the lifting of the gag order that was imposed on the name of the suspect when she filed a complaint against him in 2022. The gag was imposed over concerns he could be at risk of suicide or self-harm.
The suspect arrived in Israel earlier this month from overseas and was arrested over the suspicions.
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