Overview
- At a Security Council session, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar called for the immediate pullout of Israeli forces from Gaza.
- He urged full compliance with the truce and alleged that more than 300 Palestinians were killed after the ceasefire was announced.
- The envoy appealed for uninterrupted humanitarian access and concrete international support to alleviate civilian suffering.
- He demanded accountability for violations of international law and an immediate halt to Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank.
- He said durable peace hinges on an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.