A leaked video, a frantic search, and the top military lawyer: What to know about the scandal rocking Israel

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49% : Israeli security forces after the country's military said it was employing all means available to locate Tomer-Yerushalmi in Herzliya, Israel, on Sunday.
44% : A month later, Israel said it would begin phasing out the facility.
43% : Source: CNN Video appears to show Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee 4:15 The video was first aired by Israel's Channel 12 in August 2024, but it wasn't the first report to raise concerns about conditions at the base.
40% : Hours after Tomer-Yerushalmi stepped down, Defense Minister Israel Katz said he would take "all necessary sanctions against her," including stripping her of her rank.
37% : The affair dates back to July 2024, when legal authorities in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened an investigation into soldiers who were allegedly shown sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee arrested during the Gaza war as some two dozen other detainees lay face-down nearby at the Sde Teiman military prison.
36% : On Wednesday, Tomer-Yerushalmi was suspended from her role as military advocate-general, as Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav‑Miara announced a criminal investigation into the leak.
36% : " Protesters gather outside Sde Teiman detention facility near Beersheba, southern Israel, July 29, 2024. Amir Cohen/Reuters For Israel's right-wing political echelon, the resignation and investigation weren't enough.
36% : The affair has become a part of a larger attack on Israel's judiciary from Netanyahu's coalition.
32% : A longstanding target of Israel's right-wing, Tomer-Yerushalmi's rapid fall has quickly emerged as a national scandal, overshadowing the video at the center of the case.
16% : 'Worst PR disaster' for Israel Netanyahu called the leak "an enormous reputational blow," describing it on Sunday as "the worst PR disaster in Israel's history.

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