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Top IDF lawyer set to step down amid leak probe of controversial detainee video

Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer‑Yerushalmi on leave as criminal probe deepens into leaked video allegedly showing abuse of Palestinian detainee by troops; with suspicion falling on her office, the IDF is urgently seeking her wartime successor

Yoav Zitun, Netael Bandel | 10.30.25

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, Defense Minister Israel Katz

The raid, the riots, the leak, the investigation: The scandal shaking the IDF — step by step

For over a year, the Sde Teiman affair has shaken the IDF; a military police raid led to riots and political fallout, followed by a leaked video of alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee; now, with the investigation reaching the top legal office, the advocate general is on leave over leak suspicions

Alon Strimling | 10.29.25

Frequent beatings, prolonged isolation and constant starvation: Omer Wenkert recounts brutal Hamas capitivity

Wenkert, kidnapped from Nova music festival on October 7, says in interview with WSJ that he was held completely alone for 193 days, trying to stay sane by reciting Israeli rap songs and Psalm passages

Ynet | 03.28.25

Israeli tortured, starved by police in Belarus, family says

Authorities claim the man 'subscribed to extremist content'; His family says the arrest stemmed from his son's anti-regime activism; they criticize Israeli authorities for not intervening

Itamar Eichner | 03.25.25

Thousands of Israeli teens caught up in prostitution: 'You get out only when you're near death'

The true scope of the phenomenon remains largely undocumented but a new study finds kids at risk can be found in any school in the country

Shira Kadri-Ovdaya | 03.25.25

Israeli lawmakers urge government to rescue children from Lev Tahor cult

Knesset committee urges swift action to bring some 100 children from extremist sect in Guatemala, where they face serious risks of abuse

Itamar Eichner, Nina Fox | 03.03.25

Military indicts reservists for severe abuse of Nukhba terrorist; claims of rape, sexual assault refuted

According to the indictment, the accused - among them two officers - subjected a prisoner to extreme violence, including stabbing him in the buttocks with a sharp object that penetrated near his rectum, resulting in severe injuries

Yoav Zitun | 02.19.25

IDF reservist sent to prison for beating handcuffed terrorists in Sde Teiman detenion

First conviction for abuse of security detainees at southern detention facility: A reserve soldier who served as a security guard admitted to beating detainees with fists and weapons while they were handcuffed and blindfolded on several separate occasions; Other soldiers told him to stop and some of the acts were recorded on his cellphone

Yoav Zitun | 02.06.25

Haifa man arrested after being caught on film brutally killing a cat

In a security camera video circulated on social media, the suspect is seen beating a cat to death near a pet store in Tirat Carmel; Police will ask the Haifa Magistrate's Court to extend his detention

Lior El-Hai | 01.16.25

Reservists charged with abusing Gazan detainees, incriminating videos found

Staff at an IDF detention center in southern Israel noticed suspicious marks on the bodies of certain detainees, prompting three arrests; Criminal division investigators have uncovered a video of one of them beating a cuffed detainee

Yoav Zitun | 07.09.24

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