The 20-year-old resident of Karmiel was walking on a local street last Monday night when a car pulled over in front of her. Three Arab men jumped out of the vehicle and forced the woman into the car.
They drove to a forested area on the outskirts of Tzfat, where two of the men sexually assaulted and raped the young woman for hours. The third man stood guard to make sure no one approached the area.
The Arabs then drove back to the site of the original kidnapping and dumped the woman there. She eventually made her way to the region’s main hospital, in Nahariya, where she was operated upon.
Police are investigating the case but have not yet apprehended any suspects. The woman’s mental state has made constructing composite sketches from memory impossible. One detail she remembered was that the men drove a white BMW sedan.
The nature of the rape matches that of two other such incidents in the northern region, leading police to believe that the same gang of Israeli-Arabs carried them all out.
Police are therefore calling on residents of Karmiel and the northern region to come forward with any information they may have on the case.