Ifat Tomer Yershalmi
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Ifat Tomer Yershalmi resigned from the post after submitting a letter saying she authorized the release of the video to stand guard over the rule of law.
The alleged rape of a Palestinian detainee in Israel's State of Man prison came to light in a surveillance video leaked to Israeli media last year.
It showed Israeli soldiers surrounding a bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainee with riot shields to block visibility, while they allegedly raped him with a sharp object, tearing his rectum, puncturing a lung and breaking his ribs.
An Israeli military court charged the five with wrongdoing at the time.
outraging right-wing Israelis who protested the indictment and stormed the prison in protest.
In her resignation letter, Tomayo Shalmi said it's her duty to investigate acts that must not be committed, but that not all are convinced by this.