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Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardoned former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian attacker, in Hebron in 2016. The pardon, issued against the IDF's official position, erases Azaria's criminal record six years early and removes employment barriers; the case had deeply divided Israeli society, with Azaria maintaining he acted appropriately.