Daily Mail reports an Arab-Israeli couple has been charged with imprisoning a young Palestinian woman in a series of dark rooms for 10 years.
Hassan Melhem, 49, has been indicted on charges that he regularly beat his daughter Baraa, now 20, after being egged on by her as yet unnamed step-mother.
They are also alleged to have locked her in the bathroom of his West Bank home, with just a blanket to sleep on, and only let her out at night to do housework.
Today's formal indictment by Israeli authorities follows Miss Melhem's rescue by Palestinian security forces in the West Bank town of Qalqiliya last week.
Miss Melhem, who police said was found in a 'deplorable condition', spoke soon after her release about how she survived the ordeal by listening to the radio, dreaming of seeing sunshine again and finding small pleasure in an apple she was fed each day.
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