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Israel’s Top Military Lawyer Resigns After Admitting She Approved Sde Teiman Video Leak

Her resignation follows a police-led criminal investigation into the leak authorized this week by the attorney general.

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FILE - Israeli soldiers gather at the gate to the Sde Teiman military base, as people protest in support of soldiers being questioned for detainee abuse, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
A worker welds a gate to a military court during a demonstration against Israeli military prosecutors on July 30, 2024 in Kfar Yona, Israel. The prior day, far-right protesters broke into the Sde Teiman compound to show support for Israeli reservists detained over allegations of abusing a Palestinian detainee.
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Overview

  • Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi acknowledged approving the release to media and submitted her resignation, which IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir accepted effective immediately.
  • Defense Minister Israel Katz said she will not return to her post and pledged sanctions including seeking to strip her rank, with questions remaining over his formal authority to do so.
  • The probe is being run by the Police Investigations and Intelligence Division with oversight from the State Prosecutor’s Office, and Tomer-Yerushalmi is expected to be questioned under caution.
  • Israeli media report investigators are reviewing whether senior legal officers misled authorities about the leak, with some accounts attributing key leads to information shared by the Shin Bet chief.
  • The leaked Sde Teiman footage, aired in 2024, showed alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee, led to charges against five soldiers, and intensified domestic unrest and international scrutiny of Israel’s detention practices.