Israeli soldier caught on film shooting Palestinian is charged
AN ISRAELI military court has charged a soldier with manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank, an incident caught on tape that has deeply divided the nation. The soldier, a medic, Sergeant Elor Azaria, has also been charged with inappropriate military conduct. The shooting took place last month in Hebron, a West Bank city that has been a focal point of a seven-month wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Initially the military had said two Palestinians stabbed and wounded a soldier before troops killed the pair. A video released later by the Is[...]
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