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The legal adviser at the Justice Ministry, Yael Kotick, who is closely affiliated with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, is likely to demand that additional investigative steps be made in the former Military Advocate General's case and summon the attorney general to be questioned under caution, sources said

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The Israel Police chief has decided to transfer the case involving the IDF's former top lawyer – who leaked a video showing the abuse of a Palestinian detainee – to a legal adviser close to Israel's justice minister rather than to the attorney general, after announcing that the police had concluded their investigation.