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Lawyers for Israeli reserve soldiers charged with abusing a Palestinian detainee urged courts to toss the case after the military’s top legal officer admitted authorizing a leak of surveillance footage and resigned. Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi briefly went missing Sunday before being found safe. The five reservists face February indictments over a July 2024 assault at Sde Teiman prison; they deny the charges. The leak further inflamed a polarized debate, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking an independent investigation and supporters rallying outside the base in solidarity with the soldiers.

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