US EditionIsrael arrests ex-military legal chief who leaked video showing abuse of Palestinian detainee
Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi faces charges for leaking a video showing abuse by Israeli soldiers, sparking political conflict and legal action amid ongoing investigations.
- On Monday, Israeli police arrested Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, former Military Advocate General of the Israel Defense Forces, over her alleged role in releasing a video of IDF personnel abusing a Palestinian detainee; a Tel Aviv court remanded her custody until noon Wednesday.
- In a resignation letter, Tomer-Yerushalmi wrote she acted to rebut false propaganda and expose acts that must never be taken even against the vilest detainees.
- Surveillance and broadcast footage show five Unit Force 100 reservists at Sde Teiman detention centre surrounding and allegedly stabbing the Palestinian detainee, who was hospitalised with severe injuries.
- The row has already led to further arrests including former military prosecutor Col. Matan Solomesh, violent protests, and pressure from right‑wing protesters and some government ministers.
- Against a backdrop of international anger, the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Amnesty International have documented widespread detention abuses amid Gaza's 249,000 dead, raising reputational risks for Israel.
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"Meanwhile, the soldiers seen sexually assaulting and abusing Palestinian detainees are still free," said one Palestinian observer. Israel's former top military lawyer, who admitted to leaking a video apparently showing Israeli reserve soldiers gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman torture prison, was arrested late on Sunday following her disappearance most of the day. After being reported missing Sunday morning, Israel Defense Fo…
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