For several hours, Israel held its collective breath: The military’s top lawyer had disappeared two days after she resigned amid a legal inquiry into her role in exposing an explosive prisoner abuse scandal.

Former Military Advocate General, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi sparked a frantic police search amid fears for her well-being in a case that consumed the country while striking at the heart of deep divisions over the U.S. ally’s conduct in its war in Gaza.

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Although she was found safe and alive several hours later, she was subsequently arrested Sunday for her role in the leak of a video showing the alleged sexual abuse in a notorious Israeli prison , sparking a public reckoning on how Israel’s caustic cu

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