Former Israeli prosecutor investigated for video leak attempts suicide, says police commissioner

The former Israeli military lawyer, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who stepped down after confirming her involvement in leaking footage showing soldiers abusing a Palestinian prisoner inside the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp, attempted suicide this morning, Police Commissioner Chief Superintendent Danny Levi says.

In the footage, heavily armed Israeli soldiers can be seen grabbing and leading away a blindfolded Palestinian prisoner before surrounding him with riot shields to obscure their gang rape.

The Palestinian man, who, according to some reports, has since been sent back to Gaza, suffered an injury to his anus, a ruptured bowel, lung damage, and broken ribs.

Netanyahu described the leak as the most “severe public relations attack” on Israel.