New York, Dhu-AlQa'dah 02, 1438, July 25, 2017, SPA -- The Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations Ambassador Riyadh Mansour rejected here today the Israeli measures applied, at Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied Quds. In a speech during the special session of the UN Security Council held on the situation in the occupied Quds, Mansour called the council to take urgent measures to restore the status quo ante, in occupied Quds and to lift all measures that would change the situation. "Israel was trying to carry out destructive agenda against our people and our holy sites, in total disregard for international law" he stated, calling for the need to protect human life and to respect human rights without exception and expressing regret for the killing of all innocent civilians. -- SPA 20:20 LOCAL TIME 17:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w453502