Israel extradites woman wanted on child sex charges in Australia

Malka Leifer, right, is accused of abusing students at a school in Melbourne (AP)

Israeli authorities have extradited a woman wanted on 74 charges of child sex abuse in Australia following a six-year legal battle that strained relations between the two governments.

Malka Leifer, a former teacher accused of sexually abusing several former students at a Jewish school in Melbourne, had been fighting extradition from Israel since 2014.