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Jerusalem police say three boys aged 13 to 15 used AI to turn social-media photos of schoolgirls into nude images and spread them; at least 30 girls harmed

Israel Police said in February 2025 that three boys aged 13 to 15 from Jerusalem were suspected of taking photos of girls from social media, editing them with artificial intelligence software into nude images and distributing them without consent. According to Ynet, at least 30 girls were harmed; police said investigators identified dozens of victims and that a search of the suspects' homes found edited nude images of several girls. The head of the Jerusalem district youth investigations unit described dozens of cases of girls' privacy being violated through nude images edited with AI technology. The three were questioned over publishing a sexual image without consent, and the case was passed to prosecutors to decide on charges.

AI system
Unidentified image tool
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
9 February 2025
Event location
Israel
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Exploitation or Abuse
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Education · Privacy · Justice
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 2 sources, 1 underlying account
4 claims: 4 reported. 5 open questions
People reported harmed
At least 30 people

AI system as recorded: AI software that the suspects allegedly used to edit girls' social-media photos into nude images, according to the police (not named)

What Happened

The images. Ynet and Maariv reported on 9 February 2025, from an Israel Police statement, that three boys aged 13 to 15 from Jerusalem were suspected of taking photos of girls from social media, editing them with artificial intelligence software into nude images and distributing them without consent. Ynet says the photos were of pupils at the boys' school; Maariv says the girls attended different schools in the city.

The investigation. The inquiry, by the youth investigations unit of the Jerusalem district's central unit, began covertly after complaints about nude images of minors being spread. Police said investigators traced the suspects, gathered evidence and testimony, and located dozens of girls who were victims; a search of the suspects' homes found edited nude images of several girls. According to Ynet, at least 30 girls were harmed. The head of the unit said the case involved dozens of instances of girls' privacy being violated through nude images edited with AI technology.

Status. The three were questioned over publishing a photograph focused on a person's sexuality, without consent, in circumstances likely to humiliate. Police completed the investigation and the case passed to prosecutors to decide whether to file indictments. The charging decision, the software used and when the images were made are not reported in the inspected sources. No suspect, victim or school is named here.

Reported harm

According to Israel Police as reported by Ynet and Maariv, three boys used AI to turn girls' social-media photos into nude images and spread them; Ynet reports at least 30 girls were harmed and police describe dozens of victims.

Outcome

Ongoing

Police completed their investigation and passed the case to the State Attorney's Office, which was to decide whether to file indictments for publishing a sexual image without consent (Maariv; Ynet, 9 February 2025). The charging decision was not found.

What remains unknown

  • Whether indictments were filed and the outcome of any proceedings.
  • When the images were made and spread.
  • Which AI software was used and how the police established the AI editing.
  • The exact number of girls depicted; Ynet says at least 30, the police say dozens.
  • Whether the girls attended the suspects' school (Ynet) or several schools in the city (Maariv).

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. Israel Police, who investigated the case and searched the suspects' homes, say the boys edited girls' social-media photos into nude images with artificial intelligence software, and the head of the investigating unit described nude images edited with AI technology (Ynet; Maariv). The generated images depict the girls (depicted_or_impersonated) and their distribution is the reported harm. How the police established the AI editing is not disclosed, and the software is not named.

4 claims: 4 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported Police say three boys aged 13 to 15 from Jerusalem took photos of girls from social media, edited them with AI software into nude images and distributed them without consent.

Causal attribution. The police statement relayed by two outlets (one origin); the suspects had not been charged.

  • ynet.co.il(opens in new tab) supports · Hebrew
    שלושה נערים בני 13 עד 15 מירושלים חשודים בהפצת תמונות אינטימיות של עשרות נערות, שנערכו באמצעות בינה מלאכותית.; השתמשו בתמונות מהרשתות החברתיות של תלמידות מבית ספרם, ערכו אותן באמצעות תוכנה של בינה מלאכותית, הפכו אותן לתמונות עירום - והפיצו אותן.
  • maariv.co.il(opens in new tab) supports · Hebrew
    המשטרה השלימה חקירה נגד שלושה תלמידים מבתי ספר בירושלים, החשודים בהפצת תמונות אינטימיות מזויפות של עשרות תלמידות.; השתמשו בתמונות שנלקחו מהרשת, ערכו אותן בטכנולוגיית AI והפיצו אותן ללא הסכמה.
Reported Ynet reports at least 30 girls were harmed; police say investigators located dozens of victims, and the head of the investigating unit described dozens of cases of privacy violation through nude images edited with AI technology.

Causal attribution. Ynet's figure and the police officer's description; one origin.

  • ynet.co.il(opens in new tab) supports · Hebrew
    לפחות 30 נערות נפגעו מהפצת התמונות האינטימיות שנערכו באמצעות בינה מלאכותית.; מדובר בעשרות מקרים של פגיעה בפרטיותן של נערות באמצעות הפצת תמונות עירום ברשת החברתית, תוך שנערכו באמצעות טכנולוגיית AI
  • maariv.co.il(opens in new tab) supports · Hebrew
    מדובר בפרשה חמורה של פגיעה בפרטיות באמצעות טכנולוגיית AI.
Reported A police search of the suspects' homes found edited nude images of several girls.

Causal attribution. Police account as reported by Ynet.

  • ynet.co.il(opens in new tab) supports · Hebrew
    בחיפוש שערכו השוטרים בביתם של החשודים, בין הממצאים שאותרו - נתפסו תמונות עירום ערוכות של מספר נערות.
Reported The three were questioned over publishing a sexual image of a person without consent in humiliating circumstances, and the case passed to prosecutors to decide whether to file indictments.

Causal attribution. Police and an unnamed source as reported; no charging decision is reported.

  • ynet.co.il(opens in new tab) supports · Hebrew
    השלושה נחקרו בגין עבירה של פרסום תצלום של אדם המתמקד במיניותו בנסיבות שהפרסום עלול להשפיל ולבזות ולא ניתנה הסכמה.; בימים הקרובים יישקל אם להגיש נגדם כתב אישום.
  • maariv.co.il(opens in new tab) supports · Hebrew
    החקירה העלתה עשרות נפגעות מבתי ספר שונים ברחבי ירושלים, וכעת הפרשה עברה להכרעת הפרקליטות

Sources

2 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Read live in Hebrew on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Ynet, 9 February 2025; reports the police statement and quotes the head of the youth investigations unit. Applies to s1.

Read live in Hebrew on 2026-10-22 (HTTP 200). English renderings in this record are the research agent's (an AI's) own translations; no human translator reviewed them. Maariv, 9 February 2025; reports the same police statement and adds an unnamed source familiar with the investigation. Applies to s2.

Event countries: Israel. Affected-person countries: Israel. Court countries: Unknown.

The suspects and the girls are pupils in Jerusalem and the Jerusalem district police investigated (Ynet; Maariv). No court proceeding is reported.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-22: Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): Israel Police, who investigated, say three boys used AI software to edit girls' social-media photos into nude images and spread them, and Ynet reports at least 30 girls were harmed. The suspects had not been charged when reported; no suspect, victim or school is named.

People described

Girls at schools in Jerusalem, at least 30 according to Ynet and dozens according to the police, whose social-media photos were allegedly edited into nude images and distributed; none is identified

People reported harmed in this case

At least 30 people

0 AI participants · 30 other people harmed

Ynet: 'at least 30 girls were harmed' by the distribution of the AI-edited images; police describe dozens of victims (Ynet; Maariv). Documented minimum 30. The suspects are not counted.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#ai-generated-sexual-images#sexual-images-of-minors#school#police-investigation#israel

Cite this case

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APA

NOPE. (2026). Jerusalem police say three boys aged 13 to 15 used AI to turn social-media photos of schoolgirls into nude images and spread them; at least 30 girls harmed. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2025-jerusalem-police-say-three-boys-used-ai-to-make-nude-images-of-schoolgirls-from-social-media-photos

BibTeX

@misc{2025_jerusalem_police_say_three_boys_used_ai_to_make_nude_images_of_schoolgirls_from_social_media_photos,
  title = {Jerusalem police say three boys aged 13 to 15 used AI to turn social-media photos of schoolgirls into nude images and spread them; at least 30 girls harmed},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2025-jerusalem-police-say-three-boys-used-ai-to-make-nude-images-of-schoolgirls-from-social-media-photos}
}

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