According to a Jerusalem Police spokesperson’s report, a PA (Palestinian Authority) resident was arrested on suspicion of stealing the identity of another woman, posing as a hospital cleaner. She was taken for an arraignment hearing on Monday, 10 Cheshvan.

Israel Police received information that a 19-year-old woman working in a hospital was not a resident of Israel with legal status.

In the investigation, the identity of the young woman and her place of work was found, and on Sunday she was arrested by the police who came to the hospital, and located her. She was taken for questioning at the Moriah station.

The investigation reveals that over the past month, the suspect, a 19-year-old Ramallah resident, has been working in the hospital, where she was received after presenting an Israeli identity card, allegedly stolen from her Israeli friend and then she falsified it by changing the photo.

When she asked to be hired by a manpower company that supplies cleaning workers, she allegedly presented her false identity card and received a hospital ID too, and reported daily as a cleaning woman in the hospital.

As stated, the suspect was interrogated on suspicion of falsifying documents, impersonating another person and entering Israel illegally.

The old identity cards, which are still in use, are quite simple to falsify, simply requiring a photo and basic lamination equipment. The nation is in the process of changing over to the high-tech biometric identity card as a major step towards preventing exactly cases like this one.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)