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Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv’s Kikar Rabin on Tuesday evening 11 Nissan in support of IDF soldier Elor Azariya. Shouting support for the “hero” and demanding his release, participants in the event stood aside Elor’s parents and family members calling on the military prosecutor to drop the charges against him and release him.

Azariya was indicted for manslaughter this week in an IDF court related to his fatally shooting a wounded terrorist on Purim in Hebron, the same terrorist who moments earlier stabbed an IDF soldier. The young soldier’s actions has prompted an public outcry on behalf of the soldier, who is not going to stand trial.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)