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Urgent: Israeli court convicts soldier Azaria of killing Palestinian assailant

Xinhua, January 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Israeli military court on Wednesday convicted Sgt. Elor Azaria of the manslaughter of a Palestinian who was laying wounded and motionless after trying to stab soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron last March. Endit