US EditionEx-Top IDF Lawyer Hospitalized as Authorities Examine Possible Suicide Attempt
Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt amid investigation for leaking classified footage of IDF reservists abusing a jailed Hamas terrorist.
- On November 9, 2025, former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was hospitalized after ingesting sleeping pills and taken by Magen David Adom to Ichilov hospital while fully conscious.
- Authorities say her firing last month followed disclosures that Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi leaked surveillance footage allegedly showing IDF reservists mistreating a detainee; she was arrested on November 2, 2025 and released to house arrest days before hospitalization.
- A recovered iPhone is now under forensic assessment, with police warning its data may not have survived after she was found near Tzuk Beach in soaking wet clothes five days earlier.
- A judge extended her arrest on November 5th, police requested a travel ban and temporary passport seizure, and officials say she remains a suspect but is medically fit for proceedings.
- As investigators review the case, officials are examining whether the episode was self-harm or staged, while MK Avihai Boaron criticized the release to house arrest and raised safety concerns.
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Ex-top IDF lawyer hospitalized as authorities examine possible suicide attempt
Concerns Were Raised That Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, Former IDF Chief Legal Officer, Swallowed Sleeping Pills, a Source Said. She Was Arrested Last Week After Being Embroiled in a Scandal Over the Leak of a Video Showing Israeli Soldiers Abusing a Palestinian at an Israeli Detention Facility
Ex-IDF Military Advocate General hospitalized after suicide attempt
Recently fired MAG Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, under investigation for leaking video of IDF reservists allegedly abusing jailed Hamas terrorist, was rushed to the hospital after apparently attempting to commit suicide. By David Rosenberg, World Israel News Paramedics rushed to the home of the former Military Advocate General of the IDF Sunday morning after an apparent suicide attempt, according to Israeli media outlets. An emergency first responder …
Former Military Advocate General Rushed to Hospital After Suspected Sleeping Pill Overdose
Former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was hospitalized […] The post Former Military Advocate General Rushed to Hospital After Suspected Sleeping Pill Overdose appeared first on The Media Line.
Former Israeli military chief prosecutor Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was hospitalized after feeling ill, according to the Israeli media.
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