Israel’s president pardons a combat medic whose shooting of a Palestinian attacker caused debate
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Israel’s president granted a pardon on Saturday to Elor Azaria, a combat medic convicted of manslaughter. The pardon concludes a legal case stemming from an incident a decade ago in the occupied West Bank, where Azaria shot and killed a wounded Palestinian attacker who had previously stabbed an Israeli soldier.