The UN Security Council has said that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip cannot be forcibly displaced and must be able to return to their homes, Anadolu Agency reports.

Amar Bendjama, permanent representative of Algeria to the UN, said what is happening in Gaza will remain a “disgrace.”

“A disgrace on the conscience of humanity,” he said at a Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

“In addition, it seeks to kill the hope of returning home in the hearts and minds of the Palestinians in order to facilitate and implement the strategy of displacing the Palestinians outside their land,” he said, adding that it is a policy that enjoys a lot of support among the officials of the “occupying power.”