The Jerusalem Post reports here that Israel's Defence Minister has forbidden the Military Advocate General (MAG) to address a bar meeting. Excerpt:
In May 2024, [Maj. Gen. Yifat] Tomer Yerushalmi revealed to the world that the IDF had already opened over 70 criminal probes against its soldiers.
Since then, including recently, the Jerusalem Post has learned that this number is closer to 90, and that there are hundreds of serious operational probes and well over 1,000 preliminary probes.
However, since an interim report in August 2024, the IDF has not issued any public statement on the issue.
In fact, the Post has learned that a public update which was supposed to be issued in early 2025 was also blocked, and there has been no update as to when another public report will be issued.
These moves of preventing public disclosures might serve the government's political fears of being attacked for allowing prosecutions of soldiers, but could also harm Israel in defending itself globally.
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