Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas

Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas (Hebrew: שרון זגגי־פנחס) is an Israeli attorney specializing in military and administrative law. She is a former Chief Military Prosecutor for the Israel Defense Forces.

Education

Zagagi-Pinhas graduated from the Israeli National Security College with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. She later earned LLB and LLM degrees at the institution. She graduated with her LLM cum laude.^[1]

Career

As Chief Military Prosecutor for the IDF, Zagagi-Pinhas pursued high profile cases, including the criminal probe into the 2015 shooting death of Samah Abdallah,^[2] the 2016 manslaughter case against Sergeant Elor Azaria,^[3] and the 2017 conviction of Brigadier General Ofek Buchris for sexual offenses.^[4]

After retiring from military service, Zagagi-Pinhas advocated for Kim Ariel Arad, who was sexually assaulted by her psychologist in 2021,^[5] and for the family of Gadi Isaacs, who committed suicide after military police detention in 2022.^[6] She has assisted with legal inquiries concerning victims of the October 7 attacks.^[7]

Zagagi-Pinhas has appeared in the media as a legal expert, commenting on investigations into Sde Teiman for The Jerusalem Post^[8] and Haaretz,^[9] and sexual violence in the 7 October attacks for Der Standard.^[10]

Zagagi-Pinhas is a founding member of the The Dinah Project and expert member of the Dvorah Forum.^[1] She is one of the authors of A Quest for Justice: 7 October and Beyond, published by The Dinah Project in 2025.^[11][12]

She works on the legal team of the law offices of Nahmany-Bar in Herzliya Pituah. As a reservist, she holds the rank of Colonel.^[13]