Is the period of a husband's abandonment of his wife with the intention of divorcing her counted as part of her waiting period ('iddah), if he only informs her of the divorce shortly before its end?

The waiting period (iddah) for a divorced woman begins from the moment the husband pronounces the divorce or from the issuance of a judicial divorce decree, not from the intention to divorce. The period during which the husband abandons his wife with the intention of divorcing her, without actually pronouncing it, does not count towards the iddah. The iddah begins even if the wife is unaware of the divorce taking place.