Herzog urges end to ‘mutual attacks’ after ex-military advocate general found

President Isaac Herzog urges calm after former military advocate general Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was located alive by authorities, following an expansive search triggered by the resigned general’s disappearance this morning.

“Stop the accusations and mutual attacks!” the president implores, in a Hebrew-language post on X, in the wake of a wave of heated reactions by public officials over Tomer-Yerushalmi’s resignation after she had leaked a video that purportedly showed soldiers abusing a Palestinian security detainee at the Sde Teiman military detention facility last year.

“Alongside the sense of relief, the past hours compel us to draw immediate lessons. As a society and as a nation, we will still need to investigate and learn much about the past few days and this deeply troubling affair, with all the implications that follow,” he continues.

“Words that spiral out of control ignite a dangerous fire — and endanger lives. It is now essential to lower the flames, to show humanity and sensitivity,” he writes.

Tomer-Yerushalmi is set to be questioned under caution as part of a criminal investigation into the leak.