The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov called on Friday for an immediate end to the violence in the West Bank.

This comes after the continued deadly incidents in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, against Israelis and Palestinians.

“I condemn today's fatal shooting by Israel Defense Forces of a 17-year-old Palestinian during an alleged stone-throwing incident,” said Mladenov in a press statement issued by his Office and published on the UN News Center website, in which his underscored that all sides must exercise restraint, maintain calm and promptly bring the perpetrators of the violence to justice.

“These tragic incidents, once again, highlight the need for a return to a political process with the goal of establishing two states living side-by-side in peace and security,” he declared and added that the incidents are also taking place at time when the Middle East faces a “vicious tide of terror and extremism.”