An Israeli sergeant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a Palestinian as he lay wounded and unarmed on the ground.

The court says Elor Azaria acted as both judge and executioner - and did not express regret for the killing of Abdel Fattah Al-Sharif last March.

The Palestinian government has reacted angrily, calling the sentence a joke.

Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from Tell Aviv.

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