# Jerusalem Daily: Israel pardons soldier Elor Azaria

https://mins.news/en/item/66463

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-20 17:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/20/jerusalem-daily-israel-pardons-soldier-elor-azaria?traffic_source=rss

> Israeli President Isaac Herzog has pardoned former soldier Elor Azaria, who shot and killed a wounded Palestinian man in 2016. Meanwhile, 100,000 Jewish Israelis prayed at the Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur.

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