An Israeli military court has sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker. Palestinian authorities have dismissed the sentence as a ‘joke’, but military prosecutors say the decision sends an important message.
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Yousri al-Sharif, father of victim Abdul Fatah al-Sharif
Nadav Weisman, military prosecutor
Eli Katz, defence lawyer