"The revelation last week by Israel's top military lawyer, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, that she leaked the footage of a gang rape of a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman military detention centre in 2024 has shaken the country's political and media establishment. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu whose leadership of the genocidal war on Gaza has drawn global condemnation called the leak perhaps the most severe public relations attack that the State of Israel has experienced."
"Instead of focusing on the rape and the ongoing legal proceedings against the five suspects, the story has instead centred on Tomer-Yerushalmi and those accused of helping her cover up the leak. Speaking on Israeli television on Saturday night, a member of Netanyahu's Likud Party, Energy Minister Eli Cohen, told viewers that Tomer-Yerushalmi was supposed to be the bulletproof vest, the protector, of the [Israeli military] soldiers."
Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi admitted leaking footage that shows a gang rape of a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman military detention centre in July 2024. The detainee was hospitalised with a ruptured bowel, severe anal and lung injuries, and broken ribs that required surgery. Legal and political fallout followed, with attention centring on the leaker and alleged efforts to cover up the leak rather than on the five soldiers accused of the attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the leak as a severe public relations assault, while critics argue media framing has minimised the rape itself.
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