Channel 14 Airs Mistaken 'Exclusive' Footage of Former Military Advocate General
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Israeli Channel 14 mistakenly aired footage claiming to show former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi evading questions, but the woman filmed was not her. The channel later removed the report and promised a re-investigation.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Channel 14 aired footage misidentifying a woman as former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.
- The footage showed the woman ignoring questions about a plea deal and apologies to soldiers.
- The report was featured prominently before the channel was alerted to the mistaken identity.
- Channel 14 kept the report online for over three hours after the error was pointed out.
- The channel issued a statement acknowledging doubts and removed the footage for further investigation.
- The woman filmed resembled Tomer-Yerushalmi and was accompanied by a man resembling her husband.
On Sunday evening, Israeli Channel 14 broadcast what it called "exclusive footage" of retired Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the former Military Advocate General who was dismissed from the IDF following a leak from the Field Yemen camp. The footage, filmed by Channel 14 reporter Meir Shmatzov, showed a woman walking on the street who was identified as Tomer-Yerushalmi. The reporter followed her and asked, "Why are you running away?" However, it later emerged that the woman in the video was not Tomer-Yerushalmi but another individual.
The report was promoted heavily and aired in full during the news broadcast, also appearing as the main headline on the channel's website, which claimed the reporter confronted the former advocate general outside her home. Even after being informed of the mistaken identity, the article remained on the homepage for over three hours before being removed about four hours after publication.
During the segment, Channel 14's military correspondent Noam Amir accused the former advocate general of "evading" questions, and presenter Magi Tabibi described the footage as a "special documentation of Tomer-Yerushalmi choosing to remain silent." The woman in the video, who was walking her dog, ignored the reporter's questions about a plea deal, apologies to soldiers of Force 100, and why she was avoiding him, responding only that she "does not comment".
Following the incident, Channel 14 issued a statement on X (formerly Twitter) clarifying that the woman filmed was walking behind the building where Tomer-Yerushalmi lives and was accompanied by a man resembling her husband. They noted the woman looked very similar to Tomer-Yerushalmi and responded to her name when called, but due to doubts about her identity, the channel removed the report from all platforms and announced a re-investigation would be conducted.
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