IDF soldier convicted, demoted for Gaza rioter death
The sniper is the first soldier to be convicted in a "Great Return March" death.
Smoke rises as Palestinians take part in a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ (the ‘catastrophe’ that they view as resulting from the creation of Israel in 1948) at the Israel-Gaza border fence on May 15(photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/ REUTERS)
