Netanyahu says prison abuse leak caused ‘enormous reputational damage to Israel,’ calls for inquiry

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the leak of footage showing ostensible abuse of a Palestinian prisoner at Sde Teiman “caused enormous reputational damage to Israel, to the IDF, and to our soldiers.”

“It is perhaps the most serious public-relations attack Israel has experienced since its founding — I cannot recall one so concentrated and intense,” he continues. “This requires an independent and impartial inquiry, and I expect that such an investigation will indeed take place.”

Military Advocate Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned from her post on Friday after admitting that she had leaked a video that purportedly shows several Israeli soldiers severely beating and injuring a Palestinian security detainee at the Sde Teiman military detention facility in 2024.