Daijiworld Media Network – Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Nov 1: In a major development, the Israeli military’s chief legal officer, Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, resigned on Friday over a criminal inquiry into the leak of a video allegedly showing soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee during the Gaza war.

Tomer-Yerushalmi, who served as the Advocate General of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said she was stepping down because she had approved the video’s release in August 2024. The footage, which surfaced on Israel’s N12 News, sparked widespread outrage and led to criminal charges against five soldiers.

The video, reportedly filmed at the Sde Teiman detention camp, appeared to show soldiers taking a detainee aside, surrounding him while holding a dog, and using riot shields to block

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