Israel’s Ex-Military Attorney General Arrested Over Leak of Detainee Abuse Video

Overview

• An Israeli court extended Yifat Tomer‑Yerushalmi’s preventive detention by three days on Monday, citing risk of obstruction.
• Police say recovered messages indicate she asked a police officer to pass the footage to a Channel 12 journalist and called it a “good story.”
• She resigned after admitting she authorized the release of the video, briefly disappeared on Sunday, was found in Herzliya, and taken into custody.
• Investigators are examining suspected fraud, breach of trust, abuse of power, and unauthorized disclosure, and former military prosecutor Matan Solomesh was also detained.
• The video relates to alleged abuse at Sde Teiman, where five reservists face charges of aggravated assault causing serious injuries, as Netanyahu and other senior officials publicly condemned the leak and Ben‑Gvir ordered solitary confinement.