Overview
- Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi acknowledged approving the 2024 release of footage from Sde Teiman showing a Gazan detainee being abused, then submitted her resignation to IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir.
- The IDF’s Military Police Criminal Investigation Division confirmed a criminal inquiry into the leak that includes possible involvement of personnel in the Military Advocate General’s Office.
- Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said he dismissed Tomer-Yerushalmi and pledged sanctions including revoking her rank, following her admission about the leak.
- Justice Minister Yariv Levin barred Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara from handling the leak case, claiming she is personally involved, escalating an institutional clash over oversight.
- New reports describe a broader cover-up inside the MAG, citing a polygraph confession that exposed the leak order and an internal probe that avoided questioning MAG staff, while the separate trial of soldiers charged with severe abuse—not rape—continues, which a UN body warned could yield lighter penalties after charges were downgraded.