An Israeli occupation soldier Elor Azaria convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an incapacitated Palestinian youth has had his prison sentence reduced by a parole board. It is the second time his sentence has been shortened
Elor Azaria will now be released on May 10. He was initially given an 18 month sentence. In September Gadi Eizenkot the IOF chief of staff announced a four month reduction to the sentence. The parole board has now announced a further five month reduction according to Quds Press.
Azaria was found guilty last year after video footage was published showing him shooting Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in al-Khalil in March 2016.
Al-Sharif had carried out a stabbing attack on an Israeli soldier and had been shot and wounded when Azaria shot him in the head.
The family of martyr Sharif condemned the sentence reduction which was made in full disregard for the fact that the brutal crime was documented in a footage.
