The United Nations considered that the killing of an unarmed Palestinian youth with special needs by the occupation police, on Saturday in Jerusalem, was a tragedy that should have been avoided, while the Israeli Minister of Defense declared his regret for the incident.
"I extend my sincere condolences to the family of Iyad Al-Hallaq, a defenseless Palestinian who was shot and killed in Jerusalem," said Nikolai Mladenov, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace, in a tweet. He added that the accident "was a tragedy that should have been avoided."
Mladenov called on the Israeli authorities to investigate the incident quickly, and to ensure that it was not allowed to recur.
The official Hebrew "Kan" channel said that members of the "border guards" of the police opened fire on a Palestinian who tried to escape, near the door of the tribes, one of the gates of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem, allegedly with a pistol.
After the death of Al-Hallaq, 32, it was found that he had special needs, and he was not armed, according to the same source.
Hundreds of Palestinians, on Sunday evening, spread the body of Al-Hallaq from Al-Makassed Hospital to his home in central Jerusalem, then to Al-Aqsa Mosque, after receiving it from the occupation authorities after he was detained for more than 36 hours.
The mourners performed the funeral prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, chanting during the funeral procession enlargements and chants glorifying the martyr, before he burst into the city's cemetery, according to witnesses.
In the context, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (official) stated that the medical autopsy of Hallaq's body showed that he was shot twice in the middle of his body.
For his part, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, who is also the "alternative" prime minister under a power-sharing agreement, expressed his "regret" over the killing of Barber, saying at a cabinet meeting that "an investigation will be conducted quickly."
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