The non-government Gaza Tribunal project has said the UN General Assembly must be empowered to urgently intervene in Gaza and send a protective military force to help its devastated population, AFP reports.

The body, which groups international academics, rights advocates and legal experts, was set up in London in 2024, aiming to mobilise public opinion and pressure governments “to end the genocide” in Gaza.

Addressing a news conference in Istanbul, its leader Richard Falk, a former UN rapporteur for Palestinian rights, said the tribunal called on governments to act before it was “too late”.

The aim was “the empowerment of the UN General Assembly to organise a protective, armed intervention in Gaza to overcome the disruption of humanitarian aid and the continuing devastation and destruction of the people”, said the 94-year-old American emeritus law professor.

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