JERUSALEM Carmelo Anthony Kids Jersey , Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military said Wednesday that the prison sentence of a soldier convicted of killing an incapacitated Palestinian knifeman was reduced by four months.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot accepted an appeal by lawyers of the soldier, Elor Azaria, to reduce his prison term, the Israeli military said in a statement.
"Your conduct was unacceptable and was contrary to the command and values of the IDF," Eisenkot wrote in a letter to Azaria.
However Kristaps Porzingis Youth Jersey , "the Chief of Staff found it appropriate to weigh considerations of mercy, taking into account his past as a soldier," the letter added.
On March 24, 2016, Israeli troops shot dead Ramzi Aziz al-Qasarwi and gravely wounded 21-year-old Abdel al-Fattah Yusri al-Sharif when the two Palestinians carried out a knife attack in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
Al-Sharif was lying motionless on the ground Tim Hardaway Jr. Youth Jersey , when Azaria, then a 19-year-old military medic, arrived at the scene and shot a bullet to his head.
The deadly shooting was caught on a video by a human rights organization and spread widely on social networks.
On Jan. 4, an Israeli military court convicted Azaria of forbidden shooting and manslaughter. He was sentenced in late February to 18 months in prison for killing the wounded Palestinian attacker.
Azaria started to serve his sentence in August, about six months after he was sentenced due to a series of appeals by his lawyers.
The case has deeply divided the Israeli society. While senior military officers condemned the act as a serious breach of orders Enes Kanter Youth Jersey , many Israelis hailed Azaria as a "hero," and many right-wing leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have called for the release of the young soldier.
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