SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – A 27-year-old woman from Sydney spent Yom Kippur in jail in Israel for allegedly evading army service a decade ago.

Natalie Gershoig was detained at Ben-Gurion Airport Oct. 2 upon arriving in the country to visit her Israeli mother.

She was then sent to the IDF recruitment office, and later appeared at a hearing into her alleged draft evasion, according to Israeli media reports.

She spent the last five days – including Yom Kippur – detained in military jail while she awaits her court hearing Monday, her father Alex Gershoig said.

While he said the family had been traumatized by the affair, Alex Gershoig added: “One thing I’m glad about is that it’s a Jewish jail so I’m sure she’ll be taken care of.”

He added: “I don’t want to aggravate any situation by putting any undue pressure on the court.”

He said his daughter – a former student at Yeshiva College in Sydney – left Israel about 10 or 11 years ago to race home to Australia.

“She was there for a couple of years attending school,” Alex Gershoig said. “I was very ill at the time so she flew back to Australia.”

He said he was not aware of his daughter receiving any notification about military service from the army.

But a warrant for her arrest was apparently issued after she failed to appear for mandatory military service a decade ago.

“It’s very traumatic for all of us,” he said.