A teenage boy was assaulted by a group of boys in the town of Tzur Hadassa over the weekend, while girls filmed the attack and later uploaded the footage to WhatsApp groups, journalist Daniel Amram reported. The victim's mother told Amram the attackers had been harassing her son for weeks and were 'showing off' for the girls recording them.
The attack, which occurred over the weekend in Tzur Hadassa, a town southwest of Jerusalem, was documented by a group of girls who were present. According to the mother of the victim, who spoke to journalist Daniel Amram, the attackers — boys from the neighborhood — had been harassing her son for several weeks. The harassment escalated into a physical assault over the weekend, with the girls filming and the footage later circulating on WhatsApp groups.
The Zioneer has reported on several similar incidents of youth violence involving filming and online sharing in recent weeks. These include a group assault of a teenage girl in Jerusalem over a WhatsApp argument (July 7), an indictment of four minors for assaulting a 17-year-old over intimate images (June 10), and an indictment for kidnapping and assaulting a 17-year-old in the north (July 9). While each incident is distinct, the pattern of violence documented and distributed via social media and messaging apps has drawn growing concern.
The current incident remains under investigation; no arrests have been reported. The mother expressed concern that the attack was motivated by the perpetrators' desire to impress the girls recording them.
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