Ex-Israeli Army Legal Chief Arrested Amid Palestinian Prisoner Rape Scandal
Former Israeli military lawyer Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi has been arrested on suspicion of faking a suicide attempt to dispose of a phone containing evidence in a video leak case.
Tomer-Yerushalmi went missing on Sunday, leaving a note for her family and abandoning her car by the beach. She was found alive and in good condition at night and taken into police custody.
According to Israeli Channel 12 news, police suspect that Tomer-Yerushalmi staged the attempted suicide to get rid of her phone, which she threw into the sea. The note she left behind was described as "ambiguous" and staged.
Tomer-Yerushalmi appeared in court on Monday with another suspect in the same case, which involves a video allegedly showing soldiers raping a Palestinian detainee.
Police suspect Tomer-Yerushalmi staged the attempted suicide to get rid of her phone.
Author's summary: Ex-Israeli army legal chief arrested for faking suicide.
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