A hearing has begun at the military appeals court at Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on the request by former soldier Elor Azariya to delay the start of his 18-month sentence on a manslaughter conviction in the death of a wounded terrorist until Chief-of-Staff Gadi Eisenkot rules on Azariya's request for leniency, which includes a request for community service instead of jail time.
The tribunal is headed by appeals-court President Doron Peles, who headed the panel of judges that heard Azariya's appeal of his conviction and sentence.