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IDF officer indicted for attempting to smuggle goods into Gaza Strip through Kerem Shalom Crossing

An IDF lieutenant has been charged with smuggling goods into Gaza, using his military role to facilitate the operation in exchange for a bribe.

A truck loaded with humanitarian aid waits to cross from the Egyptian side of Rafah en rounte to the Kerem Shalom crossing into the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2025.
A VOTE on the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians at the auditorium in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026.

Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears, expert says

Capt. Tomer Aigas

Mother of Tomer Eiges 'ashamed' to have served in Unit 8200, appalled at son's treatment in prison

Members of the Keter unit, an Israeli prison service response unit seen during an operation where Nukhba terrorists (a Hamas unit) being held, at the Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Israel faces major hurdles in prosecution of Oct. 7 attackers, court administration warns


Ultra-Orthodox leaders give haredi factions green light to advance IDF draft bill

The past week has seen violence from within the haredi community from extremists who are against a law that would require army enlistment from members of the community.

 Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the drafting of ultra-Orthodox jews to the IDF in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024.

Katz appoints former Defense Ministry legal advisor Itai Ophir as IDF's top attorney

In a surprising move, Israel Katz appoints Itai Ophir as IDF chief lawyer, following Tomer-Yerushalmi’s resignation after the leaked video incident and amid ongoing legal controversy.

Attorney Itay Ophir

Who is Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, IDF's chief attorney embroiled in Sde Teiman video leak? - explainer

Tomer-Yerhsualmi's long career in the IDF's legal division ended abruptly after she resigned in connection to leaks related to the Sde Teiman affair.

IDF Military Advocate-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024

IDF's top attorney resigns over leak of Sde Teiman abuse video, after Katz announces firing

Defense Minister Israel Katz dismissed IDF Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi over her link to a probe into a leaked Sde Teiman video, prompting her resignation.

 IDF MILITARY Advocate-General Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi is the Israeli military’s chief lawyer and has the task of defending Israelis from accusations of war crimes.

IDF suspends chief lawyer Tomer-Yerushalmi over Sde Teiman video probe

The controversy could undermine Israeli efforts at the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.

 IDF MILITARY Advocate-General Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi is the Israeli military’s chief lawyer and has the task of defending Israelis from accusations of war crimes.

Israel Police question IDF officer, soldiers over suspected sabotage of drones

The IDF clarified that the soldiers involved were not drone operators, and it is unclear how the three gained access to the squadron without proper authorization.

 Israeli drone.

IDF prosecution extends arrest of suspected soldiers

Elements on the right and far-right have demanded the death penalty for those interred at Sde Teiman, and have opposed judicial oversight of the conditions at the site.

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against the detention of IDF reserve soldiers suspected of sexually abusing an imprisoned Hamas terrorist, at Sde Teiman military detention center  north of Beersheba, last week. International law isn’t popular among certain circles in Israeli society, says the writer.

Twice in one day: Rioters break into Beit Lid army base, clash with police

In response, New Hope-United Right Chairman Gideon Sa'ar posted on X, saying, "The anarchy must stop. Immediately."

 Rioters break into the Beit Lid army base, July 29, 2024.

Military court sentences Lt.-Col. Dan Sharoni for secretly filming female IDF soldiers

Sharoni bowed his head while the judges read the summary of the verdict.

 Dan Sharoni, an IDF officer accused of sexual offenses arrives for a court hearing at a military court in HaKirya base, Tel Aviv, September 22, 2022.

IDF chief lawyer gives no timeline for 70 criminal probes

Last month, the IDF military advocate general announced that she is probing over 70 cases of alleged criminal wrongdoing by soldiers during the war.

 YIFAT TOMER-YERUSHALMI – she had to deal with terrorists, suicide bombings, large numbers of murder cases at the same time, thousands of administrative detention cases and thousands of soldiers being stationed constantly in the West Bank and Gaza – both as a lawyer and then as a judge.