Overview
- Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned after admitting she approved transferring the Sde Teiman abuse footage to the media to counter what she called false propaganda against military law enforcement.
- Justice Minister Yariv Levin notified Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara that she is barred from handling the leak investigation for alleged conflicts of interest, a move the Deputy Attorney General rejected as unlawful interference.
- The Israeli military confirmed a criminal investigation into the leak that includes potential involvement by members of the Military Advocate General’s Office, with the probe addressing both the release of the video and the original abuse case.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz said he dismissed Tomer-Yerushalmi and called for sanctions including revoking her rank, intensifying political pressure over the affair.
- New reporting describes a long “pact of silence” inside the MAG unit, a Shin Bet polygraph confession by a subordinate who said she acted on orders, and an internal probe that did not question MAG personnel, with Deputy MAG Gal Asael saying he was kept in the dark.