Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, says he is “very disturbed” by the statements made by Israeli ministers on transferring the population of Gaza to other countries.

“85 percent of people in Gaza are already internally displaced. They have the right to return to their homes,” Turk said in a post on X.

He also pointed out that international law bans “the forcible transfer of protected persons within or deportation from occupied territory”.