I don’t know the particulars of this reasoned shooting.
There are times though when one person can have a great shot, and the other person have a very poor line of fire.
If the soldier did freeze, I’m sure his team will address it.
If he was reluctant to harm/kill other people in the line of fire, I commend him for his decision. If not, he was in the right place at the wrong time, and I wish someone else had been there.
You misunderstand - Israeli soldiers are virtually terrorized by the court conviction of an Israeli soldier for shooting a terrorist. They feel they can only act if others (civilians) in a civilian setting take the lead.
“All three judges of an Israeli military court Wednesday, Jan. 4, unanimously found Sgt. Elor Azaria guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an injured terrorist in Hebron in March 2016, after an attack on soldiers.”
This is the latest installment of the Israeli national suicide pact led by the late Simon Perez.