2 soldiers sent to prison for shooting camel

A military court sentences two IDF soldiers to prison terms for shooting a camel.

One of the soldiers, who was filmed shooting the camel in a video that later went viral, is sentenced to four months in prison along with a suspended sentence. He is also demoted to the rank of private.

Footage from a video of two IDF soldiers on leave shooting at a camel while driving past it in late November 2015. The soldiers were arrested by Military Police on December 7, 2015. (Screenshot)

A second soldier who was in the car at the time of the incident is sentenced to two months and is also demoted to the rank of private.

“The sentence reflects the severity with which the IDF sees the offense of cruelty to animals, especially when it involves using a military-issued weapons,” the IDF says in a statement.

The two were members of the elite Duvdevan infantry unit.

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