Overview
- Yifat Tomer‑Yerushalmi was taken into custody days after resigning and admitting she authorized releasing the footage; former chief military prosecutor Col. Matan Solomosh was also detained in the same probe.
- An Israeli court ordered both to remain in detention until Wednesday after police cited risks of interference with the investigation into alleged leaking and obstruction.
- Tomer‑Yerushalmi said she approved the disclosure to counter what she called false propaganda against security forces; she was briefly reported missing before being found alive and arrested.
- The leaked video, broadcast in 2024, shows reservists at the Sde Teiman detention site abusing a Palestinian detainee, who NGO doctors said suffered potentially life‑threatening injuries including a severe rectal wound.
- The Military Prosecution confirmed the detainee was deported to Gaza on October 13 and cannot testify, as political tensions escalated with Netanyahu decrying reputational damage and accused reservists publicly urging prosecutors to drop the case.