Palestinian ambassador the UN Riyad Mansour said detailed reports are being prepared to document the crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces and settlers against Palestinians, stressing that they will be submitted to the UN Security Council, the UN Secretary-General and President of the UN General Assembly.
In remarks to the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS), he urged the international community to assume its responsibilities in this regard, based on the humanitarian and international law.
This came following Israel’s killing of the 15-year-old Ali Abu Alaya during a peaceful protest in Ramallah on Friday. The teenager was taking part in the weekly protest against Israeli settlements at al-Mughayyir village near Ramallah.
The international community and its organizations shall hold Israel accountable for the repeated crimes against Palestinians, Palestinian Justice Minister Mohammad Shalalda said, calling on all parties to implement the Fourth Geneva Convention.
"The occupation army’s execution of Abu Alaya includes individual responsibility that the Israeli soldier shall bear, in addition to the international responsibility that Israel bears before the International Criminal Court," he noted.
Shalalda urged human rights institutions not only to verbally condemns the incident but also to provide international protection for Palestinians, calling on all citizens to defend their rights before the national, local and international courts.
The UN Middle East envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, said he was appalled by the killing.
“Israel must swiftly and independently investigate this shocking and unacceptable incident,” he tweeted.
“Children enjoy special protection under international law and must be protected from violence.”
European Union representative in the Palestinian territories Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff issued a statement on Saturday in which he called for a speedy investigation and stressed that perpetrators of this crime should be held accountable.
“How many more Palestinian children will be subject to the excessive use of lethal force by the Israeli security forces?” he noted.
The Palestinian presidency also condemned the killing of Abu Alaya, stressing that this crime is added to many others committed by the Israeli occupation against defenseless Palestinians.
It urged the international community to protect Palestinians, end the occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 border lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.
On Saturday, the Fatah movement said killing the child accounts as a war crime and reflects the criminal Israeli occupation’s mentality.
It also highlighted the importance of reaching a national consensus on resisting the occupation, noting that this option enables Palestinians to respond to these crimes and halt the settlers’ escalating attacks in various cities in the West Bank.
