Palestinian UN envoy calls for international inquiry over Gaza deaths

Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, speaks to the emergency session of the UN Security Council. He says:

“We meet today at a sad painful moment for the Palestinian people, with great sorrow and bitterness, we express our sincere condolences to the families of the martyrs.

“We also wish a prompt recovery to all those injured from the brutal Israeli attack on the Palestinian people besieged in the Strip.

“We condemn with full force the odious massacre by Israel of the people in the Gaza Strip.

“We call for an independent international inquiry under the auspices of the secretary general of the United Nations. We will accept the outcome of such an investigation, whatever it may be — as long as others accept it. Why are some people blocking it?”

— Raoul Wootliff