Israel: IDF suspends chief lawyer Tomer-Yerushalmi over Sde Teiman video probe
The Jerusalem Post
The IDF on Wednesday suspended Military Advocate-General Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi in connection with a probe by Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara into the leak of a video in the Sde Teiman abuse of Palestinian prisoners. The suspension shook the entire defense establishment.
In a sign that the latest development had blindsided many top officials, IDF sources did not even know, as of early Wednesday afternoon, who was in charge of the IDF’s legal division during Tomer-Yerushalmi’s suspension.
Other IDF legal sources had not responded to inquiries about the issue as of press time.
None of the sources could explain why Tomer-Yerushalmi was being suspended only now, when the Sde Teiman case broke into the headlines in July 2024.
Defense Minister Israel Katz issued three statements attacking Tomer-Yerushalmi and the Sde Teiman cases. In the third statement, he said he would not allow her to return to her role until the probe was concluded.
