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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A former Israeli official has admitted to leaking a video of soldiers abusing Palestinians, according to AFP.
The Israeli army's ex-prosecutor-general was arrested in the context of a flight case in 2024, in a video suggesting serious abuses against a Palestinian detainee in a high security prison near Gaza, for which five reservists were charged.
The general is accused of having arranged the escape of a video proving the torture of a Palestinian detainee in an Israeli prison. Under pressure from the government, she had resigned on Friday.
The senior Israeli military prosecutor, Tomer-Jerushalmi, has been arrested. The background is reported to be the publication of video footage of a detained Palestinian Hamas member's abuse by soldiers.
IDF’s Former Military Advocate-General Who Resigned Over Prison Leak Found Safe After Disappearance
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the recently resigned IDF […] The post IDF’s Former Military Advocate-General Who Resigned Over Prison Leak Found Safe After Disappearance appeared first on The Media Line.
Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday after admitting that she allowed the release of a video showing Israeli soldiers mistreating a Palestinian prisoner
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