Shocking attack in the north: "They beat with a belt and an electric cable"

The State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against 5 residents of the north, who allegedly violently attacked two female family members after discovering they had been corresponding with men. The defendants beat them using a belt, a pipe, and an electric cable, and one shaved their heads. One of the complainants collapsed twice.

The State Prosecutor's Office today (Wednesday) submitted an indictment to the Haifa District Court against 5 residents of the north, who allegedly severely and repeatedly assaulted two female family members after discovering they had been corresponding with men. According to the indictment, the defendants beat the two, among other things, with a belt, a pipe, and an electric cable, and one of them shaved part of their hair as punishment. The assault continued even after the shaving. One of the complainants collapsed twice, and both suffered numerous injuries. The indictment, filed by attorney Lina Matar Misharki from the Haifa District Attorney's Office, reveals that one of the defendants took the complainants' phones, searched them, and shared the content of the correspondence he found with family members. Subsequently, according to the allegations, the two were attacked repeatedly, even after they cried and begged for it to stop. At the end of the assault, they were ordered to pick up their cut hair from the floor. One of the defendants later demanded they send resignation messages to their workplaces, and they complied. The five are charged, among other things, with aggravated assault, and one is also charged with threats, theft, and obstruction of an investigation. The prosecution emphasized that the violence was motivated by correspondence with men and that the acts reflect a coercive mindset of control.