میدل-ایست-آیUN says Israel's killing of two Palestinians in occupied West Bank looks like 'summary execution'
UN says Israel's killing of two Palestinians in occupied West Bank looks like 'summary execution'
The United Nations said on Friday that the killing of two Palestinian men by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank appeared to be a "summary execution”.
"We are appalled at the brazen killing by Israeli border police yesterday of two Palestinian men in Jenin," UN rights office spokesman Jeremy Laurence told reporters in Geneva, calling the incident "yet another apparent summary execution", in reference to the killings that took place on Thursday in the city of Jenin.
He said UN rights chief Volker Turk is calling for "independent, prompt and effective investigations into the killings of Palestinians", and for those responsible for killings and other violations in the occupied West Bank to "be held fully to account”.
Summary execution is a war crime under the Geneva Convention and international law.
