The Israeli army has appealed against the eight-year prison term given to a soldier convicted by a military court of killing British pro-Palestinian activist Tom Hurndall, saying in a statement today that it is seeking a harsher sentence.

AN Israeli soldier was jailed for eight years yesterday for killing a British activist acting as a human shield in the Gaza Strip.

An Israeli soldier who shot dead a British activist acting as a human shield in the Gaza Strip was jailed for eight years today.