Jerusalem, Sept 19, 2026 (AFP) - Israeli president pardons soldier who killed incapacitated Palestinian attacker

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Israel's President granted a pardon Saturday to a former soldier who gunned down a Palestinian attacker in 2016 after he had already been incapacitated by troops in the West Bank city of Hebron. Elor Azaria had been freed from prison in May 2018 after serving nine months behind bars, half his original sentence, for the manslaughter of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif. Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he "decided to grant the request of Elor Azaria to er......

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