All feminine troopers can be faraway from guard duties by subsequent yr Israeli safety chief stated
The Israeli navy will not enable girls to work as jail guards at high-security amenities, high officers stated, ordering an “immediate” finish to the apply after a number of feminine troopers had been accused of having sexual relations with a Palestinian inmate.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir introduced the choice on Friday, responding to earlier studies stating that 5 Israeli troops had inappropriate contacts with a prisoner convicted for his function in a lethal terrorist assault in central Israel.
“The shocking report… is further proof of the necessity and urgency of removing our female soldiers from all security prisoner wings,” the minister stated, including that “by the middle of 2024, there will not be a single female soldier left in the wings of the security prisoners.”
According to the Ynet information website, which first reported on the case, Israeli intelligence providers discovered that one unnamed IDF guard had an “intimate relationship with a security prisoner over the past year,” believing she maintained contact with the inmate by a bootleg cellphone saved in his cell. The outlet famous there was a “physical and intimate” alternate on at the very least one event, and added that the 2 even shared images utilizing the contraband cellphone.
The guard in query was interrogated by the navy, and later revealed that 4 different guards had comparable relations with the identical inmate, per Ynet. She was reportedly detained on home arrest for “fraud and breach of trust,” amongst different prices, whereas the opposite 4 service members have but to face questioning.
However, legal professionals for the primary guard have pushed again on the allegations, insisting their shopper was a “victim of that security prisoner” and that their relationship was “forced upon her by threats.”
“At one point when my client begged him to stop his actions and let her go – he threatened to hurt her and her family and destroy her life,” lawyer Yair Ohayon stated. “She is clearly the victim, and now that the matter has become public – she has suffered a double injustice.”
The nationwide safety chief beforehand referred to as for main reforms to Israel’s high-security jail system, urgent to exchange IDF conscripts with extra specialised skilled guards. Similar calls to motion got here final yr following studies that one other prisoner had raped a feminine IDF guard, with officers hoping to put larger “emphasis on preventing sexual harassment” in detention facilities.
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