Hundreds attend funeral of Palestinian

Hundreds of people attended the funeral yesterday of a Palestinian who was fatally shot by Israeli police in an incident for which Israel’s new defence minister later apologised. A police spokesman had said officers killed a Palestinian they suspected was carrying a weapon in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday, but according to Israeli media, the man was later found to have been unarmed. Palestinian officials said the 32-year-old man, Iyad Khayri, suffered mental health issues and decried his killing. Defence Minister Benny Gantz said: “We are really sorry about the incident in which Iyad Khayri was shot to death and we share in the family’s sorrow.”