Palestinian official calls for international force to protect Gaza

Rawhi Fattouh, president of the Palestinian National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, has called on the international community to deploy international protection forces in Gaza.

He condemned Israel’s killing of 11 members of the same family in Gaza City, describing it as “part of Israel’s ongoing policy of killing and destruction”.

“This crime is not an isolated act but part of a continuous pattern of killing and destruction amid clear international inaction to hold the perpetrators accountable,” Fattouh said.

He said the Israeli government bears “full responsibility for this war crime against humanity” and urged world powers to “take immediate measures to deploy international forces to provide protection to the Palestinian people”.