Israel Defense Forces Military Advocate General Brig. Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi has been put on leave pending an investigation into the leaking of video footage allegedly showing the mistreatment of Palestinian detainees by Israeli soldiers, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.

The decision “is correct and necessary and I fully support it,” Katz stated in Hebrew.

Earlier Wednesday, the IDF announced that a criminal probe had been opened into the leak, adding that involvement of “elements in the Military Advocate General’s Office” was being investigated.

Contrary to Katz’s claim that Tomer-Yerushalmi had been suspended pending the investigation, the IDF’s Spokesperson’s Unit said Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir had “approved the request of the military advocate gen

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