The shooting occurred following one of the bloodiest weeks in Gaza in years. Israeli troops killed at least 120 Palestinians over the past week. At the United Nations, Libya blocked the Security Council from condemning the attack. Libya’s deputy ambassador Ibrahim Al-Dabbashi insisted the statement should be “balanced” by including condemnation of Israeli actions in Gaza.

Ibrahim Al-Dabbashi: “For us, the human lives are the same. We don’t judge the incident in itself. We judge — we talk about the killing. We think there is no superhuman and human from second grade or something like that. We think that the lives of the Palestinians are the same as those of the Israelis.”

Dan Gillerman, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, decried Libya’s stance.

Dan Gillerman: “The Security Council was unable to reach a decision, a unanimous decision on condemning the massacre that happened in Jerusalem tonight. Unfortunately, this is what happens when the Security Council is infiltrated by terrorists.”