Ex-chief military prosecutor Solomosh to stay in detention until Wednesday, court rules

Former chief military prosecutor Col. Matan Solomosh will remain under arrest until noon on Wednesday, the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court rules, shortly after making the same decision on the detention of ex-military advocate general Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.

The two were arrested last night on suspicion of trying to obstruct an investigation into the leak of footage purportedly showing the abuse of a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman detention camp by IDF reservists last year.

Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned from her post on Friday and admitted that she leaked the video.

Media reports said Tomer-Yerushalmi and Solomosh were suspected of obstruction of justice over the leak of the video and an alleged subsequent cover-up, with false reports given to officials regarding an internal investigation into the leak.