Givati soldier in plea bargain over Cast Lead case

A Jaffa military court approved a plea bargain reached between the prosecution and Staff Sgt. S., a Givati Brigade soldier who was indicted in 2010 for opening fire against protocol and shooting a 64-year-old Palestinian woman and her 35-year-old daughter to death.

The plea bargain included reducing the charges against the former soldier from manslaughter to illegal use of firearms. S. received a reduced sentence of 45 days in prison after pleading guilty. (Yoav Zitun)