An Israeli military court has rejected the appeal of a soldier who was jailed for 18 months for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker. Elor Azaria was found guilty in January of manslaughter over the March 2016 shooting of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Azaria had told a colleague that Sharif, who had stabbed another soldier, deserved to die. Israeli military chiefs condemned his actions, but others praised them. <br/><br/>Azaria – a sergeant and military medic – had appealed against the verdict, while the prosecution was demanding an increased sentence. As well as rejecting his appeal, the court decided Azaria's 18-month sentence should stand, saying that his version of events had been unreliable. Azaria had said he acted out of fear that Sharif might have been wearing an explosive vest.