Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has rejected an appeal for a pardon for a soldier jailed for 18 months for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker.
Elor Azaria was found guilty in January of manslaughter over the March 2016 shooting of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
In January, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for Azaria, a sergeant, to be pardoned. Azaria submitted a formal request last month.
The case has divided Israeli opinion.
“President Reuven Rivlin today took the decision to deny the request for a pardon filed by Elor Azaria,” the president’s office said in a statement on Sunday.
It added that Mr Rivlin had taken into account both the offences committed by Azaria and their circumstances.
