# Herzog pardons soldier over 2016 West Bank killing of incapacitated Palestinian attacker

https://mins.news/en/item/66274

- CNN, 2026-09-20 13:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/20/world/israel-azaria-president-pardon-intl?Date=20260920&Profile=CNN

> Isaac Herzog has granted clemency to the soldier who fatally shot a Palestinian attacker after the attacker was incapacitated in the occupied West Bank in 2016. The military’s chief of staff had objected.

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