Hebron shooter thanks IDF chief for reducing sentence

Elor Azaria, the IDF soldier who was convicted earlier this year of killing an incapacitated Palestinian assailant, thanks IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot for shaving 4 months off his 18-month sentence.

“I thank the chief of staff for shortening the sentence,” he says. “I repeat that I acted out of a sense of danger at the scene of the terror attack in Hebron.”

He also expresses regret that military prosecutors recommended against shortening his sentence.

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