Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the Israeli military's former top lawyer, has been arrested. Photo: AP PHOTO

Israel's former top military lawyer Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi has been arrested over a leaked video allegedly showing the abuse of a Palestinian detainee.

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Gen Tomer-Yerushalmi is at the centre of a scandal rocking the country after a bizarre sequence of events that included her abrupt resignation, a brief disappearance and a frantic search that led authorities to find her on a Tel Aviv beach.

The saga was touched off last week by Gen Tomer-Yerushalmi's explosive admission

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