Israeli President Isaac Herzog has pardoned former soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted of manslaughter after shooting dead a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian man in Hebron (a city in the occupied West Bank) in 2016. The case had divided Israeli society at the time, with Azaria's supporters arguing he acted to neutralise a threat and critics condemning the killing as an extrajudicial execution. The pardon is likely to draw renewed international scrutiny over Israel's accountability for the use of lethal force against Palestinians.