US EditionIsraeli Military's Top Lawyer Resigns Amid Leak Controversy
- On Wednesday, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara announced a criminal probe to find who leaked footage aired by Channel 12 in early August last year, examining those who distributed the clip.
- The leaked video aired last year by Channel 12 purportedly showed guards at Sde Teiman detaining a Palestinian, stabbing him near the rectum, and causing injuries that hospitalised him.
- Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi said she authorised the release to rebut alleged propaganda and resigned on Friday after admitting she approved the leak in August 2024 while on leave amid the probe.
- Five reservists from Sde Teiman were charged with aggravated abuse, sparking riots where far-right protesters and some Knesset members stormed two military bases.
- A UN commission of inquiry last year found thousands of detainees faced widespread abuse amounting to war crimes, and Israel's High Court issued a conditional order on 15 July last year over Sde Teiman detention centre, which has held Gazans since Oct. 7, 2023.
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The Israeli Armed Forces have reported this Sunday that it has mobilized "all means" to...
The publication of the video on abuse in the Israeli prison of Sde Teiman "has caused immense damage to the image of the State of Israel and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), to our soldiers. (ANSA)
The images, whose leak Netanyahu has today described as "the most severe propaganda attack" against Israel, show a jailed Gazati who is sodomized by five Israeli soldiers with a sharp object.
Netanyahu calls a prison video the "worst attack" on Israel's image. It shows alleged abuse of a Hamas prisoner.
The Chief Lawyer of the Army presented a release for having released a video showing abuse. The prosecutor, who had been shocked by the Government, wanted to investigate the case but Executive wanted an independent investigation.
The affair of a leaked video from the Sde Teiman military camp in Israel is continuing. It is said to be the abuse of a Palestinian prisoner. The head of government announced an independent investigation.
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