Palestine urges UN Security Council to 'provide protection' for its civilians after hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers rampaged Huwara town, torching homes and cars and wounding nearly 400 Palestinians
Some 400 illegal Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian town of Huwara near Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.
"We believe that the Security Council has a responsibility to shoulder, especially with regard to ... taking steps to provide protection to the civilian population, especially after the criminal and terrorist act by settlers" in Huwara and nearby villages, envoy Riyad Mansour told reporters on Tuesday after a closed-door meeting of the council.
Aktash was killed by illegal Israeli settlers under the protection of the Israeli army in the village of Zatara, south of Nablus, according to the Palestine's Health Ministry.
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