"It is imperative that everyone show the utmost restraint to avoid further loss of life, including all civilians, and particularly children, are not in harm's way," she said.
"The cycle of violence in Gaza must end, it serves no one," she said "I repeat my call for such killings to be investigated thoroughly."
"These events remind us that for far too long the international community has failed to find a just and lasting solution to the plight of Palestine refugees, as it has failed to find a just and lasting settlement of the question of Palestine," she said.
Noting that the refugees of 1948 and their descendants, now numbering more than 5.3 million women, men and children, are unable to return to their homes, Mohammed said that the lives of generations of Palestinians and Israelis have been defined and confined by a conflict that has shaped their physical and human landscape under a heavy atmosphere of fear, mutual distrust.
Talking about the settlement establishment and expansion, which she said is "illegal under international law," Mohammed said this is "further contributing to displacement and is a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace."
"The unacceptable violence and incitement exacerbate mistrust between Palestinians and Israelis," she said, noting that intra-Palestinian reconciliation remains critical to restore hope for the future and a political horizon.
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