Soldiers from the IDF's Force 100 who were implicated in the Sde Teiman Affair filed a lawsuit for NIS 18m. against a total of 17 individuals and institutions, enlisting the help of the legal aid organization Honenu, according to Israeli media reports on Monday.
The lawsuit reportedly alleges false accusations, a widely publicized wrongful arrest, the leaking of investigative materials, defamation stemming from the publication of the video and the subsequent criminal proceedings, as well as the manner in which the leak investigation was handled.
The Force 100 soldiers are suing former military advocate-general Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, Channel 12 News reporter Guy Peleg, the IDF, the Military Police, and the Israel Police, in addition to several other defendants.
Honenu did not immediately reply to The Jerusalem Post's request for comment.
The timeline of the Sde Teiman Affair
The Sde Teiman Affair investigation centers on a July 2024 incident at the Sde Teiman detention facility, in which IDF reservists were accused of severely abusing a Palestinian detainee from Gaza.
The alleged assault, which occurred during the early months of the war, was investigated by the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department (PID) and later led to indictments against several soldiers.
The case drew heightened public attention about a month later, when video footage documenting the alleged abuse was leaked to the media and aired by television outlets, despite an active investigation and ongoing legal proceedings.
In February 2025, the military court, headed by Tomer-Yerushalmi, filed an indictment against five soldiers accused of allegedly abusing a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman. The indictment charged the suspects with offenses of aggravated injury and aggravated assault.
Tomer-Yerushalmi’s replacement, Maj.-Gen. Itay Offir, canceled the indictment in March, saying that the evidentiary difficulties in the case, combined with the scandal surrounding the leaked video, led to the former prosecutorial team itself being probed, making it too difficult to continue.
In February 2026, police announced the conclusion of their investigation into Tomer-Yerushalmi’s leak of the Sde Teiman footage. Israel Police head Daniel Levi recommended appointing a senior external professional to review the case at that point, adding that he decided to adopt the High Court of Justice’s position of waiting for the Justice Ministry’s legal adviser’s opinion on a suspected conflict-of-interest issue.
Sarah Ben-Nun, Shir Perets, and Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.