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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Israeli military official resigns after leaked abuse video stirs furore
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military’s chief legal officer resigned on Friday over a criminal inquiry into the leaking of a video that showed soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee arrested during the Gaza conflict. Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi said that she was stepping down because she had approved the video’s leak in August last year. The abuse investigation led to criminal charges against five soldiers and stirred an uproar. The inqui…
Gaza detainee abuse footage surfaces
The Israeli military said its top lawyer resigned on Friday during an investigation into a leaked video appearing to show soldiers severely abusing a Palestinian detainee. The case triggered international outrage and protests within Israel, and focused on footage taken at the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel last year. Sde Teiman has been used to hold Gazans since the start of the war in the Palestinian territory, sparked by Hamas's O…
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