haaretz.com – By Ofra Edelman
Three Jaffa brothers were indicted on Wednesday on charges that they attacked, kidnapped and imprisoned their younger brother, who is undergoing sex reassignment surgery, in order to preserve the family’s honor.
The indictment charges that on the night of June 22 the three brothers, aged 34-38, found their 19-year-old brother working as a prostitute in south Tel Aviv’s old central bus station area and forced him into their car. One of them allegedly tried to tie a rope around his neck but stopped after he pleaded for his life.