16 AUGUST 2021

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today＊s noon briefing by St谷phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

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Questions and Answers

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Correspondent:? My second, my second question on Palestine＃? [inaudible]

Spokesman:? Abdelhamid, I cannot＃? I cannot hear you.? If you can try to disconnect and reconnect＃

Question:? I can＊t hear you, St谷ph.? Can you hear me, St谷phane?

Spokesman:? Yeah, I can＃ Were you asking about the situation in Jenin?? Okay.? From what I did understand, Jenin, and I would refer you to what the Special Coordinator, Tor Wennesland, said.? He said he was alarmed by the incident in which four Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces, who reportedly came under fire during an arrest operation in Jenin.? He called on authorities to swiftly investigate the incident.

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For information media. Not an official record.


Document Type: Highlights of the Noon Briefing
Document Sources: Secretary-General, 鎊飪APP Department of Global Communications, 鎊飪APP Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
Subject: Casualties, Incidents, Security issues, Violence
Publication Date: 16/08/2021
URL source: /press/en/2021/db210816.doc.htm