given the intent of arab attackers is to KILL jews, not to wound them, idf has to be certain of neutralizing them. there are a few reasons not to engage in extra shots-a few of the wounded may in fact see the light that abbas and the mosque have been feeding him a bunch of bs. He may be of help to israel. Secondly, since the attacker wants to go to 72 virgins in heaven, keeping him alive is the worst outcome. in any case, yaalon is correct in saying even though the blood boils, one has to be smart about the use of force. on theother hand, the officer can be retrained. bear in mind, if the attacker had some explosive or gun on him and then shot dead another idf officer, bibi and yaalon would be thanking him for ending the threat. so it is a fine line. Finally, an army that follows proper code of ethics is important. But that jews like bibi, eisencott and herzog boast about idf being the most moral army is absurd. why boast about it. follow the code of conduct and otherwise shut up. I think you are nuts to constantly bring up the most moral army argument. It does nothing for israel internationally.

Soldier was not present at initial event. Without special orders to the contrary any movement is to be considered a hostile action. Response is correct.

When will the Israeli "military justice" stop being more "catholic than the Pope" in its "humane" considerations, which are (in reality) based on COWARDICE - "what will the Goyim say" rotten attitude !

Not afforded any rights under any of the international conventions If the terrorist was in military uniform I would condem the soldiers actions, but as he was not, and as there was reason to assume that he might be getting ready to attack again maybe with a bomb, the soldiers actions where justified

You simply don't give a murderer a second opportunity to murder. "He added that the IDF will back soldiers and commanders who committed mistakes, but not when their behavior is not in line with the military's values." That is bs. Military values are defined everywhere as the biggest gun wins. But not with these faux commanders. The soldier didn't make a mistake anyway.

Talk is cheap when time is of the essence. It is hard for us to imagine what went on in the mind of a soldier who was acting as terrorists attacked with intent to kill as many as possible. It is not always easy for a soldier in the field to know who is really injured and who is faking and waiting to gather strength to kill more. We should give this soldier the benefit of the doubt until and if and when he is found to be negligent.

Terrorist are killed in every country like vermin especially after trying to kill. Spare no mercy, show no mercy; in every nation terrorists are treated the same way. Stop this nonsense "investigation" pat the soldier on his back, don't demoralize him! The terrorist was already on his way to hell - his wounds were too severe to live before the headshot!

between an anemic gaza campaign where all know he rushed to a ceasefire bfore the tunnels were destroyed and before hamas wanted it; his endless and useless threats against iran where anyone could have known he had no intentions to carry out because he didn't want the blame if it did not work ou; his capitulation to john kerry on freezing settlements and releasing killers who did it again; and now judging an idf officer before all the facts are known. enough is enough- get this flop out of the pm office. and don't replace hin with another eqqual flop like herzog or lapid who hides his concession colors. bring in new blood, feiglin, bennett, barkat. anyone but bibi who tried his best but never admitted to himself ,,, i don't have the guts to be p.m. he in my opinion never overcame being shot twice, once being helpless in egyptian waters. his conduct has to been to act helpless before the internationaal community. there is something about the pioneer generation who spoiled and raised their kids without a strong foundation...lapid, bibi, herzog, burg,livni. others could stand on their own. these spoiled brats run to obama and lets hold hands. we cannot stand alone and go down fighting. \no one knows what will be the future...but the lesson of the past is israel has to have borders that it can defend, not rely on munich documents supported by unreliable allies and it must show up at the fight and fight like hell/ \israel cannot survive with leaders like bibi, herzog and lapid-impossible. feiglin, bennett, barkat, leiberman can come together in a coalition to rule israel. ermemeber it was bibi, yaalon, lapid and livni and possibly shteinitz that blocked the destruction of hamas in gaza. lapid and livni were those in the security cabinet who were against smashing hamas furthur.

Terror is ONLY against civilianss, not against soldier s And also, Hebron is not Israel Territory!!!

Found guilty untill proven innocent ! If the soldier acted in good faith as according to his knowledge, althoug misstakenly, He is innocent. Arn,Sweden.

Every times a stabbing occurs, so called "B'tselem volunteers" pop up at the right place ang the right timing, as if they had coordinated with the terrorist. This "coincidence" should be investigated, and the reporter indicted for collusion and incitement.

Israel has gone insane. The soldier who killed the "Innocent" terrorist should be praised and promoted. The general should be fired