Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityElor Azaria, a former IDF medic, was convicted in 2017 of shooting to death Abdel Fattah al-Sharif in Hebron in 2016. The latter had stabbed another Israeli soldier and was subsequently shot by troops. Azaria killed al-Sharif while he was incapacitated on the groundShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJonathan Lisand Yaniv Kubovich11:54 AM • July 14 2026 IDTDefense Minister Israel Katz asked President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday to expunge the criminal record of Elor Azaria, a former soldier who was convicted of killing an incapacitated Palestinian assailant in 2016. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:HebronPalestiniansIDFIsaac HerzogIsrael KatzCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel NewsIranMahmoud AhmadinejadLindsey GrahamStrait of HormuzRo KhannaIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastMinister Seeks Pardon for Ex-soldier Convicted of Killing Wounded TerroristNew Study: Children of Female Holocaust Survivors Face Higher Schizophrenia RiskCase Closed Against Officer Suspected of Leaking Bibileaks Probe to PM's OfficeThe Israeli Who Sparked a Nation-wide LEGO CrazeEx-Netanyahu Campaigner's Revenue in Serbia Flatlines After Qatari Campaign EndsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelEgypt Lost the World Cup. But Was the Referee Really Jewish?Inside the German pro-Israel Lobby's Campaign to Defund UNRWARo Khanna, U.S. Lawmaker & Israel Critic, Says West Bank Settlers 'Detained' Him