IDF's top lawyer resigns amid brewing video scandal

(JNS) — Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi submitted her letter of resignation to IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at a meeting on Friday.

Her resignation came after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that he intended to fire her.

“In light of the severity of the suspicions and the sensitivity of the role of the [Military Advocate General] in charge of enforcing the law and setting legal norms throughout the IDF, the Minister of Defense intends to begin the process of appointing a new Military Advocate General as soon as possible,” Katz said in a state...