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		</div><p>An Israeli advocacy group has criticised what it called an &#8220;exceptionally low&#8221; prosecution rate by the Israeli military in cases of violence committed by soldiers against Palestinians.</p>
<p>The report by Yesh Din, a human rights group that is often critical of the Israeli military, came a day before a military court&#8217;s verdict is to be delivered in a high-profile manslaughter case against a soldier.</p>
<p>In its annual report, Yesh Din said the army opened 186 criminal investigations into suspected offences against Palestinians in 2015, but just four of those investigations yielded indictments.</p>
<p>The group said the 2015 figures, based on official army data, were the most recent available.</p>
<p>In the autumn of 2015, a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence erupted, characterised by Palestinian stabbing and car-ramming attacks on Israelis.</p>
<p>The report said that of 76 Palestinians killed in clashes with soldiers in the West Bank in 2015, only 21 deaths resulted in investigations.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The fact that in 55 incidents no criminal investigation was considered necessary raises doubts about the implementation of Israel&#8217;s declared policy on investigating civilian fatalities,&#8221;</i> the report said.</p>
<p>It said the data signalled an &#8220;inability and unwillingness&#8221; to address unlawful conduct.</p>
<p>The Israeli military did not respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, a military court is to deliver its verdict in the manslaughter case of a soldier who was caught on video last March fatally shooting an incapacitated Palestinian attacker in the West Bank.</p>
<p>The case of Sergeant Elor Azaria, who has argued that attacker still posed a threat, has deeply divided Israel.</p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/elorAzariaIsraeliSoldier_large.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/elorAzariaIsraeliSoldier_large.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="325" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-102045" /></a></p>
<p>Yesh Din spokesman Gilad Grossman said the manslaughter charge against a soldier was &#8220;very rare&#8221;, but that the public uproar sparked by the video made it impossible to ignore.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;There was no way to look aside and not investigate,&#8221;</i> he said.</p>
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