The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov condemned on Monday Israel’s fatal shooting of two Palestinian children in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
In a tweet Mladenov said he was appalled by Israel’s murder of two children last Friday.
He called on Israel to immediately end deadly shooting of Palestinian children saying: “Children should not be used as targets; they must be protected.”
The UN official spoke out against Israel’s arbitrary use of lethal force and expressed his heartfelt sympathy with the children’s families.
Hamza Shtewi 17 and Hasan Shalabi 14 who were shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Friday during the Gaza March of Return border protests were laid to rest on Saturday in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
The two casualties were killed on Friday by Israeli bullet fire. Several others also suffered various kinds of injuries from bullets fired by soldiers stationed on the Gaza border.
