A 55-year-old Kiryat Yam resident, Yaakov Zhan Ben Samo, was indicted on charges of sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl he did not know, Israeli media report. According to the indictment, on January 7, 2026, he contacted the girl on WhatsApp while falsely presenting himself as a 28-year-old man; the girl consistently rebuffed him.
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