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Chief Military Prosecutor Found Safe After Hours-Long Search
IDF Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the second major general in IDF history. Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Office.
i24 News – The drama surrounding the missing Chief Military Prosecutor, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, ended Sunday evening when she was located safe and sound.
Authorities had launched an extensive search after she left a letter and her car was found abandoned near Tzuk Beach in Tel Aviv. Tomer-Yerushalmi was discovered sitting roughly 300 meters from the vehicle and later made contact with her husband. Her family reported her missing after losing contact with her since the morning hours.
Police confirmed: “Following the searches for a missing woman in the coastal area of Herzliya, it is now reported that the missing person has been found safe and sound.”
The IDF also issued a statement noting that Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir had instructed the Operations Directorate to deploy all available resources to locate Tomer-Yerushalmi. Zamir remained in close contact with Police Commissioner Dani Levy throughout the search.
This incident follows a highly publicized controversy last Friday, when Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned as Military Advocate General following the leak of a video from the Tel Nof airbase. The leak, which she admitted approving to prevent misinformation, led to a criminal investigation against her on suspicion of obstruction of justice and providing false information to the Attorney General and Supreme Court. In her resignation letter, she stated:
“As the head of the Military Advocate General’s Corps, and out of a deep sense of responsibility toward the IDF, the unit, and my subordinates, I approved the release of material to the media to counter false propaganda against law enforcement bodies in the army. I bear full responsibility for any material that was released from within the unit. From this responsibility stems my decision to end my role as the Military Advocate General.”
Defense Minister Israel Katz announced plans to strengthen sanctions against Tomer-Yerushalmi, including stripping her of the rank of major general.
Earlier Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the incident at the cabinet meeting, calling the leak “an enormous reputational blow to the State of Israel, the IDF, and our soldiers.” Netanyahu added that the episode represents one of the most intense public diplomacy attacks Israel has faced since its founding, emphasizing the need for an independent investigation.
In response to the reports of her disappearance, reserve soldiers had planned a demonstration outside her home but canceled it once news of her being found safe was confirmed.
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Tucker’s Ideas About Jews Come from Darkest Corners of the Internet, Says Huckabee After Combative Interview
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during the day he visits the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – In a combative interview with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, right-wing firebrand Tucker Carlson made a host of contentious and often demonstrably false claims that quickly went viral online. Huckabee, who repeatedly challenged the former Fox News star during the interview, subsequently made a long post on X, identifying a pattern of bad-faith arguments, distortions and conspiracies in Carlson’s rhetorical style.
Huckabee pointed out his words were not accorded by Carlson the same degree of attention and curiosity the anchor evinced toward such unsavory characters as “the little Nazi sympathizer Nick Fuentes or the guy who thought Hitler was the good guy and Churchill the bad guy.”
“What I wasn’t anticipating was a lengthy series of questions where he seemed to be insinuating that the Jews of today aren’t really same people as the Jews of the Bible,” Huckabee wrote, adding that Tucker’s obsession with conspiracies regarding the provenance of Ashkenazi Jews obscured the fact that most Israeli Jews were refugees from the Arab and Muslim world.
The idea that Ashkenazi Jews are an Asiatic tribe who invented a false ancestry “gained traction in the 80’s and 90’s with David Duke and other Klansmen and neo-Nazis,” Huckabee wrote. “It has really caught fire in recent years on the Internet and social media, mostly from some of the most overt antisemites and Jew haters you can find.”
Carlson branded Israel “probably the most violent country on earth” and cited the false claim that Israel President Isaac Herzog had visited the infamous island of the late, disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“The current president of Israel, whom I know you know, apparently was at ‘pedo island.’ That’s what it says,” Carlson said, citing a debunked claim made by The Times reporter Gabrielle Weiniger. “Still-living, high-level Israeli officials are directly implicated in Epstein’s life, if not his crimes, so I think you’d be following this.”
Another misleading claim made by Carlson was that there were more Christians in Qatar than in Israel.
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Pezeshkian Says Iran Will Not Bow to Pressure Amid US Nuclear Talks
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2025, in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025. Iran’s Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that his country would not bow its head to pressure from world powers amid nuclear talks with the United States.
“World powers are lining up to force us to bow our heads… but we will not bow our heads despite all the problems that they are creating for us,” Pezeshkian said in a speech carried live by state TV.
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Italy’s RAI Apologizes after Latest Gaffe Targets Israeli Bobsleigh Team
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics – Bobsleigh – 4-man Heat 1 – Cortina Sliding Centre, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – February 21, 2026. Adam Edelman of Israel, Menachem Chen of Israel, Uri Zisman of Israel, Omer Katz of Israel in action during Heat 1. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Italy’s state broadcaster RAI was forced to apologize to the Jewish community on Saturday after an off‑air remark advising its producers to “avoid” the Israeli crew was broadcast before coverage of the Four-Man bobsleigh event at the Winter Olympics.
The head of RAI’s sports division had already resigned earlier in the week after his error-ridden commentary at the Milano Cortina 2026 opening ceremony two weeks ago triggered a revolt among its journalists.
On Saturday, viewers heard “Let’s avoid crew number 21, which is the Israeli one” and then “no, because …” before the sound was cut off.
RAI CEO Giampaolo Rossi said the incident represented a “serious” breach of the principles of impartiality, respect and inclusion that should guide the public broadcaster.
He added that RAI had opened an internal inquiry to swiftly determine any responsibility and any potential disciplinary procedures.
In a separate statement RAI’s board of directors condemned the remark as “unacceptable.”
The board apologized to the Jewish community, the athletes involved and all viewers who felt offended.
RAI is the country’s largest media organization and operates national television, radio and digital news services.
The union representing RAI journalists, Usigrai, had said Paolo Petrecca’s opening ceremony commentary had dealt “a serious blow” to the company’s credibility.
His missteps included misidentifying venues and public figures, and making comments about national teams that were widely criticized.