Israeli soldiers have sex relations with 12-year-old girl

A group of 20 Israeli soldiers and civilians employed by the Israeli army are suspected of having sexual relations with a 12-year-old girl at an Israel Air Force base, Haaretz newspaper reported on Sunday.

The 20 have been questioned over suspicions that they had sex with the girl, the report added.

The suspects told their interrogators that the girl told them she was 16 years old, and that the relations were consensual.