Civilian who shot terrorist says Azaria case made soldiers hesitate

8 January 2017, 3:58 pm

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The civilian tour guide for the soldiers hit in the Jerusalem truck-ramming blames the “Hebron shooting” case for causing the troops to hesitate during the terror attack.

The tour guide, Eitan Rond, tells reporters outside the Jerusalem hospital where he was treated that the soldiers around him did not open fire at the truck driver immediately.

According to Rond, the Elor Azaria case, in which an IDF soldier was convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an incapacitated, supine Palestinian assailant, was the reason the soldiers did not react quickly.

The soldiers were cadets in the army’s officer training course, though they reportedly did not come from combat units.