JERUSALEM, Saturday, December 05, 2020 (WAFA) - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov condemned the Israeli army killing of a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank and demanded a swift and independent investigation into the incident.

The army shot and killed yesterday Ali Abu Alayya, 13, during a protest against Israeli settlement activities in the village of al-Mughayyer, near Ramallah, in what Palestinians described as cold-blooded murder.

Mladenov said in a tweet that he was appalled by the killing of Abu Alayya, and demanded that “Israel must swiftly and independently investigate this shocking and unacceptable incident.”

The UN official stressed that children enjoy special protection under international law and must be protected from violence.

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