"If you want to return to the group – go beat him up": The attack planned on WhatsApp that became a humiliation video
An eighth-grade student in Yehud was attacked in a pre-planned assault coordinated on WhatsApp, according to his mother. The assailant punched and kicked him in front of students who filmed and encouraged the attack. The family filed a police complaint.
An eighth-grade student from a school in Yehud was attacked last Thursday in the schoolyard in a pre-planned assault, according to his mother Hila Rahamim. She said the attack stemmed from a conflict in a WhatsApp group: students removed her son and another child from the group, and set a condition for the other child's return – to beat her son. The assailant knocked the student down, punched and kicked him, and another student joined in. The incident was recorded in two videos by students standing around who encouraged the attackers. The mother emphasizes that the emotional harm from the humiliation and documentation is more severe than the physical blows. The family filed a police complaint. The article notes that within a few days, six violent incidents among students occurred across the country, all documented on mobile phones.