Iranian Women Detained in Namibia Mistaken for Missing Israelis
Translated & summarized from Channel 9 by baba
Chabad emissary Rabbi Yosef Rahimi personally identified the women as non-Israelis.
The story in 3 lines · by baba
- Two Iranian women were detained in Namibia, mistaken for missing Israelis Mali and Liel Yahalomi.
- Chabad emissary Rabbi Yosef Rahimi identified the detainees as Iranian, not the Yahalomi sisters.
- Namibian authorities are investigating the women for using fraudulent documents.
Rabbi Yosef Rahimi, the Chabad emissary in Namibia, initially went to the police station to deliver food and water to the detained women after hearing they were identified as Israelis. Upon seeing them, Rahimi realized they were not the Yahalomi sisters, who had gained notoriety in Israel following their staged disappearance. "I brought food and water to the mother and daughter, thinking it was Liel and Mali," Rahimi stated. "I arrived at the police station, and it turned out it wasn't them. I saw them personally, it's not them." He further explained that the two women, a 14-year-old girl and her mother around 40 years old, spoke to him in English and Persian, not Hebrew. Namibian authorities had apparently mistaken them for Israelis due to the fake passports they carried. Namibian authorities are now investigating the two Iranian women for alleged use of forged documents, though official confirmation from Namibian authorities is still pending.
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