The defendant looked through the scope of the rifle and pulled the trigger'

An Israeli soldier on Wednesday was sentenced to 26 months in prison and fined $3,500 for accidentally killing a fellow soldier last year. 

Staff Sergeant M. of the Nahal Brigade mistakenly shot 23-year-old Staff Sergeant Yonatan Granot on February 23, 2021, at a base in the Jordan Valley.

M. was demoted to the rank of private and ordered to pay Granot's family $3,500 on top of his 26-month prison time. ... Read More: i24