The Israeli army's former top lawyer, Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, has been taken into custody a week after admitting to leaking a video in 2024 of Israeli soldiers suspected of sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee. After the admission, Tomer-Yerushalmi abruptly resigned and briefly disappeared before being found on a Tel Aviv beach.
Israeli police have arrested a former top military chief legal officer, days after she handed in her resignation over a criminal inquiry into a leaked video that shows soldiers allegedly abusing a Palestinian detainee.
Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was arrested Sunday night, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir confirmed Tuesday. Her decision to step down from her position had been officially accepted by the chief of staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF
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