Overview
- A judge extended Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s custody until Wednesday on suspicions including fraud, breach of trust and obstruction of justice, and she is being held in a women’s prison.
- Tomer-Yerushalmi has acknowledged authorizing release of the 2024 Sde Teiman surveillance footage, which showed alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee and sparked a fierce public and political backlash.
- After resigning, she disappeared for hours before being found on a Tel Aviv beach, and she later told investigators she was disoriented and does not remember what happened to a missing phone, according to Channel 12.
- Police have also detained former chief military prosecutor Col. Matan Solomesh in connection with the leak investigation, Israeli media reported.
- Investigators are reviewing reports that a senior Military Prosecution official’s promotion was delayed to avoid a polygraph that could expose internal misconduct, a claim reported by Kan News under a gag order.