Elazar Azaria's lawyer, attorney Yoram Sheftel reacted to the rejection of Elor's appeal of a manslaughter conviction in the death of a wounded terrorist by saying, "In light of the court's decision, we could easily say, "The principle claims of the defense were rejected because of the failures of the previous defense team, but despite them all, according to the facts before the judge, he was supposed to arrive at an acquittal."
Regarding the possibility of Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot issuing a pardon, Sheftel said, "Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on the family not to appeal, and that Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot would consider leniency in his punishment. When they come and tell us officially that the chief of staff will consider Alor, we will respond to that."