IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has finally officially decided to dismiss the disgraced Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi from military service over her involvement in the explosive Sde Teiman leak crime, the military announced.

According to the IDF, Zamir had already suspended Tomer-Yerushalmi immediately after the allegations against her surfaced. The military said the decision to formally dismiss her was made due to the “severity of the alleged acts and suspicions” while criminal proceedings remain ongoing.

As part of the dismissal, Tomer-Yerushalmi will lose eligibility for financial benefits typically granted to senior IDF officers upon retirement.

This means that until now, seven months after she confessed to the crime, the person who placed IDF soldiers in danger and caused irreparable damage to Israel, IDF soldiers, and the hostages in Gaza by spreading blood libels, lied to the Supreme Court, and threw her phone in the sea to hide the evidence was still receiving a generous salary.

Defense Minister Yisrael Katz was updated on the Chief of Staff’s decisions.

At the same time, Katz sent a sharply worded letter to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demanding that proceedings in the former Military Advocate General’s case be advanced quickly. In his letter, Katz wrote that the delay in advancing the proceedings raises “serious public and legal concerns.”

Apparently, Baharav-Miara is too busy initiating criminal proceedings against right-wing MKs and persecuting Lomdei Torah to involve herself in the criminal proceedings against the disgraced MAG.

Katz wrote that this is an especially serious case involving someone who headed the military law enforcement system and who was involved in extremely serious violations of the law, including providing false information to state authorities and acts that led to severe harm to IDF soldiers, public trust, and the military justice system itself.

Katz stressed in his letter that when IDF soldiers are sent to fight the enemy on all fronts, they must know that the State of Israel and its institutions stand behind them, protect their good name, and fully prosecute those who harm them from within.

Katz wrote that although steps are being taken to remove the former Military Advocate General from the IDF and revoke her additional benefits, including special Chief of Staff-related pension increases, the criminal process is an essential and necessary component for achieving full justice, including examining the revocation of rank and imposing severe punishment commensurate with the gravity of the acts.

At the conclusion of his letter, Katz asked the attorney general to instruct that decisions be made and the legal proceedings in the case be advanced as soon as possible, given the public and institutional urgency.

The stunning downfall of former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi stems from the explosive Sde Teiman affair — a scandal that rocked Israel’s military, legal establishment, and political system.

The original case began in July 2024 at the Sde Teiman detention facility, where several IDF reservists were accused of severely abusing a Palestinian detainee from Gaza during the early months of the war.

The allegations were investigated by Israel’s Police Investigation Department and eventually led to indictments against several soldiers.

Public outrage intensified roughly one month later after surveillance footage allegedly documenting the abuse was leaked to the media and broadcast on Israeli television despite an active criminal investigation and ongoing legal proceedings.

The leak triggered a second criminal investigation in late 2024 focused on how the footage reached the media and whether senior officials violated confidentiality laws or abused their authority.

In February 2025, military prosecutors under Tomer-Yerushalmi formally indicted five reservists on charges of aggravated assault and aggravated injury.

But the case dramatically unraveled shortly afterward.

Her successor, Gen. Itay Ofir, canceled the indictment in March 2025, citing severe evidentiary problems and the massive fallout surrounding the leaked footage scandal. Offir stated that the very prosecutorial team responsible for pursuing the soldiers had itself become the subject of criminal scrutiny, making continuation of the case nearly impossible.

By late 2025, Tomer-Yerushalmi herself had become the central suspect in the leak she had originally overseen. She later resigned and admitted to leaking the footage.

In February 2026, Israeli police formally concluded their investigation into the leak. Police Commissioner Daniel Levi reportedly recommended appointing an external senior legal authority to further review the case amid concerns surrounding conflicts of interest.

The scandal then took an even darker turn.

Just two days after resigning in November 2025, Tomer-Yerushalmi was reported missing and was eventually found hours later on a beach in northern Tel Aviv following what investigators suspected was an attempt to destroy her cellphone — and possibly commit suicide.

One week later, after a brief stay in Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison, she was released to house arrest. Days afterward, she was hospitalized again at Ichilov Hospital following a second reported suicide attempt.

The affair has become one of the most explosive scandals in recent IDF history, fueling fierce debate over military justice, wartime accountability, political interference, media leaks, and the handling of investigations during Israel’s war against Hamas.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)