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5 September 2026

Israeli military legal chief steps down following rape evidence leak

The recent resignation of Israel's top military lawyer has sparked outrage and controversy regarding the treatment of Palestinian detainees.

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The resignation of Major-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the highest-ranking legal officer in the Israeli military, has sent shockwaves through Israel and beyond. Her departure follows the admission that she leaked footage depicting the harrowing gang rape of a

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Beatrice Faggin obtained official documents on a tender after a week of access-to-records; desk editor who builds investigative features and coordinates internal fact-checking. Genoese by birth, maintains a personal database of public contracts available in the newsroom.