 On 26 July, the final day of the cross-examination, Azaria denied the allegation that he shot the stabber in revenge and claimed that Shapira was lying.He further claimed that the reason he shot him was not only because people were shouting the stabber had a bomb on him, but because the attacker made him suspicious and he didn't know who shouted that he had a bomb.Later in the evening when questioned by the judges about why he didn't shoot earlier if he thought Sharif posed a danger to others, he replied that he didn't know.