Analyst Tamer Qarmout has welcomed the UN call for an investigation into “unlawful killings” in Gaza after the reports that Israeli forces killed at least 11 unarmed Palestinian men in front of their families.

“However, we need actual tools,” he told Al Jazeera, noting that the key issue is how such probes are going to be conducted.

Referring to the International Criminal Court of Justice and General Prosecutor Karim Khan, Qarmout said: “They need to have some practical mechanisms on the ground to document these crimes. The war is still ongoing now, but at some point, it will stop, and someone has to investigate.”

The assistant professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies also pointed out that none of the entities that could investigate alleged Israeli crimes against Palestinians are currently allowed into the Gaza Strip.