UN’s Mideast Envoy Blasts Israel Over Gaza Deaths: ‘Stop Shooting at Children’
War of words erupts between Nickolay Mladenov and former IDF spokesman over fatal shooting of 15-year-old Palestinian during border protest. Trump envoy Greenblatt says Israel has launched investigation of the incident
By Noa Landau and Jack Khoury
A war of words erupted on Twitter Friday between the UN‘s Mideast envoy and the former spokesman for the Israeli military over the killing of a 15-year-old Palestinian during protests near the Gaza border. The teenager was standing with a group around 100-150 meters from the border when he was shot, Palestinian medical sources said.
The Twitter confrontation began with an unusually fiery tweet by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, who condemned the teenager’s killing, which Gaza’s Health Ministry said was a result of Israeli live fire. Mladenov described the incident as outrageous and said “the killing of a child” in Gaza “fuels anger and breeds more killing.” He added that the incident must be investigated.
