An Israeli military court has convicted a former Israeli soldier of manslaughter after the killing of a pro-Palestinian British activist.
Wahid Taysir was accused of shooting Tom Hurndall in the head during an army operation in the Gaza Strip in April 2003. Witnesses said Mr Hurndall (22) was helping Palestinian children avoid Israeli tanks.
Mr Hurndall lay in a comatose state for nine months before he died in a London hospital.
Defence lawyer Yariv Ronen had claimed that Mr Hurndall did not die as a direct consequence of his client's actions, but because of malpractice by his British doctors. The family dismissed these claims.
In its ruling, the military court found Taysir had shot Hurndall with a sniper rifle using a telescopic sight. It said there was no basis for the claim of malpractice, and said Taysir had given a "confused and even pathetic" version of events to the court.
Taysir was also convicted of obstruction of justice, one count of submitting false testimony, obtaining false testimony and unbecoming behaviour. He is to be sentenced next week.
Hurndall, a student, was shot in the Rafah refugee camp, where he was photographing the work of the International Solidarity Movement. The group's activists often place themselves between Israeli forces and Palestinians to try to stop the Israeli military from carrying out operations.