Dubai: Soldier invites woman for dinner, rapes her

April 25, 2016

Dubai, Apr 25: A soldier lured a 22-year-old woman to ride with him and then drove to the desert, where he allegedly raped her, a Dubai court heard on Sunday. The Emirati defendant's compatriot friend, 20, who was hiding in the backseat when the woman - an Ethiopian - rode in the car, allegedly tried to rape her too.

The 22-year-old soldier faced a rape charge in the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday. The incident was reported on November 29 last year.

The woman said that the first defendant, I.M., called her at 10pm as she was visiting a friend in Freej Al Murar. "He invited me to dinner and picked me up. He drove for a long time before he stopped his car in the desert." She was "surprised" to see another man, M.A., sitting in the backseat. "M.A. stepped off and I.M. moved to my seat. He hit my hip when I screamed."

"He threatened he would slit my throat and throw me in the desert if I screamed."

I.M. allegedly took off her clothes and raped her while covering her mouth with his hand.

M.A. then rode in the driver's seat and told her he wanted to have sex with her. He stepped off shortly later after she cried and begged him not to touch her.

I.M. then made her sit in the backseat and took her mobile phone. "He dropped me back and threw my phone on me as I stepped off," she told the prosecutor.

Police patrol officers intercepted the defendants'car shortly later.

"We were nearby when we spotted a woman stepping off a car at 4.45am. She was crying and told us that the car's driver did something bad to her," said a police officer.

I.M. told the officers that the woman refused to step off the car and she wanted to cause him trouble. The two men and the woman were then taken to the police station.

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‘Israeli aggression has killed 70 percent of Zionist captives in Gaza’

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May 17,2024

Hamas says the Israeli regime’s bombing of the Gaza Strip, which is enduring a genocidal Israeli war, has killed 70 percent of the Zionist captives, who have been held by the Palestinian resistance movement since an October operation.

Khalil al-Hayya, deputy chief of Hamas’ Political Bureau, announced the information in an interview with Lebanon’s al-Manar television network on Thursday.

“The Zionist enemy wants to recover the remaining captives by force, killing them by bombing,” he said.

Around 250 people were taken captive on October 7 last year during Al-Aqsa Storm, a retaliatory operation by Gaza’s resistance groups.

At least 35,272 Palestinians have died in an Israeli war of genocide that began following the operation.

Hamas released 105 of the captives during a week-long truce in late November.

Hamas recently agreed to another truce proposal enabling cessation of the Israeli aggression and release of the rest of the captives. The Israeli regime, however, rejected the proposal.

The Hamas’ official said, “The latest proposal presented to us comes very close to our demands, but the enemy has not respected the proposal or the mediators.”

Al-Hayya reiterated the movement’s demands, saying any potential truce agreement had to mandate a complete and comprehensive cessation of the Israeli aggression, withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Gaza, and then a captive exchange deal.

‘Victory is our ally’

The Hamas’ official pointed to the Israeli regime’s failure to realize its war goals, including defeating the resistance.

“After eight months of aggression, the enemy has failed to eradicate the resistance in Gaza despite all the actions of the occupation,” he said.

“The resistance has rebuilt itself and can adapt its capabilities to face the occupation,” the official said, asserting, “The resistance is capable of enduring for many months and will continue to defend its people as long as the battle is ongoing.”

“The resistance has the ability to continue because it is right, and victory is our ally, while the enemy will face defeat.”

Thanking regional resistance

Elsewhere in his remarks, al-Hayya expressed gratitude towards the regional resistance groups for the pro-Palestinian operations that they have been carrying out against Israeli targets and those associated with the occupying regime.

“The fronts in Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq support Gaza and link the cessation of [their] operations to the end of aggression on Gaza,” he said.

“When we meet with the resistance forces in the region, we affirm that the battle is one.”

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