Israel rejects probe calls for Palestinian deaths

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‘Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has rejected “any demand” for an international probe into the recent killings of two Palestinian youths by Israeli soldiers.

On Wednesday, Lieberman slammed world criticism and demands for an investigation into the circumstances leading to the deaths of two Palestinians on May 15 known as “Nakba Day.”

This came a day after assistant UN Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, called for an “independent and transparent” probe into the deaths.

The UN official added that it was “of serious concern that initial information appears to indicate that the two Palestinians killed were both unarmed and appeared to pose no direct threat.”‘

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