Elor Azaria said he shot the Palestinian because he feared he could carry out another attack, but a court-martial found contradictions in the testimony and convicted him of manslaughter.

Israeli police said on Thursday they arrested two people for inciting violence on social media against three military judges who convicted a soldier of manslaughter.

The verdict, which marks an extremely rare instance of an Israeli military court siding against a soldier over lethal action taken in the field, threatened to deepen the rift.