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IDF General Resigns After Leaked Abuse Video Scandal

11/12/2025

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Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military advocate general, was hospitalized on November 9 after house arrest for leaking a video of troops abusing a Gazan detainee.
She resigned after the leak.
Tomer-Yerushalmi was initially reported missing after a beach incident.
Her phone, believed to hold incriminating evidence, was found at sea before house arrest.
The leak occurred as right-wing groups protested detention of soldiers involved in the case.

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Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military advocate general, was hospitalized on November 9 after house arrest for leaking a video of troops abusing a Gazan detainee.
She resigned after the leak.
Tomer-Yerushalmi was initially reported missing after a beach incident.
Her phone, believed to hold incriminating evidence, was found at sea before house arrest.
The leak occurred as right-wing groups protested detention of soldiers involved in the case.