The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister has deplored inaction by the UN Security Council to stop “massacres” in Gaza by Israel, AFP reports.

“The ongoing massacres being deliberately and systematically and savagely perpetrated by Israel — the occupying power against the Palestinian civilian population under illegal occupation — must be stopped,” Riyad al-Maliki told a special Security Council session.

“It is our collective human duty to stop them,” he said. “Continued failure at this council is inexcusable.”