Palestine demanded an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss a “massacre” committed by Israeli forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports citing Wafa news agency.

“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has instructed Palestine’s envoy to the United Nations to request an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss the repercussions of the bloodshed” committed by Israeli forces in the Nuseirat camp, the Palestine News Agency Wafa reported.

“President Abbas is engaged in intensive communications with relevant Arab and international parties to convene this urgent session of the UN Security Council,” according to the agency.

Abbas emphasized “the urgent need for international intervention to halt the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”