Israel's Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, at the supreme court in Jerusalem. (AP)

The former top lawyer of the Israeli military has been arrested after she admitted to leaking a video that showed the abuse of a Palestinian detainee by Israeli soldiers.

Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned last week as the Military Advocate General of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), saying she took full responsibility for the leak.

Police launched a search for her on Sunday after she was reported missing. She was later found alive on a beach north of Tel Aviv and taken into custody, Reuters said.

The leaked video, broadcast by an Israeli news channel in August 2024, appeared to show soldiers at the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel surrounding a Palestini

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