Israel’s navy on Tuesday introduced the dismissal of its former prime lawyer, months after she resigned amid a scandal involving a leaked video showing to point out troopers severely abusing a Palestinian detainee.
The case, which sparked worldwide outrage in addition to protests inside Israel, centered on footage taken on the high-security Sde Teiman navy base in southern Israel in 2024.
The scandal led to the resignation final yr of the navy advocate normal, MG Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who in her resignation letter acknowledged that her workplace had leaked the abuse video to the media.
“From the second suspicions arose relating to the previous Army Advocate Basic within the ‘Sde Teiman’ affair, the Chief of the Basic Workers, Lieutenant Basic Eyal Zamir, determined to instantly droop her from IDF service,” the navy mentioned in a press release.
“In gentle of the extended prison proceedings, and given the severity of the alleged actions and suspicions, the Chief of the Basic Workers has determined to dismiss the previous Army Advocate Basic from service with out additional delay,” it added.
The assertion mentioned that Tomer-Yerushalmi wouldn’t be entitled to the advantages of service interval completion.
Sde Teiman has been used to carry Gazans because the begin of Israel’s relentless bombardment within the Palestinian territory following the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas assaults.
In February 2025, the navy introduced that 5 reservists had been charged over the alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee in July 2024 on the detention heart close to the Gaza Strip.
On the time, the military mentioned the troopers have been accused of “performing in opposition to the detainee with extreme violence, together with stabbing the detainee’s buttocks with a pointy object, which had penetrated close to the detainee’s rectum”.
In March, the navy mentioned it had dropped expenses in opposition to the 5 troopers, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailing the choice.
Protection Minister Israel Katz hailed Tomer-Yerushalmi’s dismissal, citing “extreme injury to the belief positioned in her by IDF commanders and troopers”.
