Army spokesman: Wrong to link ramming attack to Elor Azaria vedict

The IDF spokesman Moti Almoz says it’s wrong to link the ramming attack in Jerusalem to the verdict in the Elor Azria trial, after a witness at the scene said soldiers hesitated because they were thinking about the repercussions.

“I don’t know if the soldiers shot late because I don’t have the timings of the shots,” Almoz says, according to Walla news. “We have not yet had an investigation.”

Soldiers who were targeted in Monday’s truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem might have prevented some of the loss of life and injury if they had not hesitated in opening fire on the terrorist, according to the tour guide who was with them and helped bring down the driver. The army says its initial investigations showed several soldiers opened fire.

Azaria, an IDF soldier, was convicted of manslaughter last week for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker.