Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad has urged the UN Security Council to demand Israel to refrain from its stated plan of occupying Gaza city.

Speaking at the UN Security Council Urgent Meeting on the Middle East on Sunday, he said the Council should also call for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire, release of hostages and exchange of Palestinian prisoners.

He urged the Council to also call for a complete halt to displacement and aggression, unhindered large-scale humanitarian access and protection of the legal and historical status quo at Jerusalem's holy sites.

He said the Security Council must be ready to impose a cost on Israel if it defies the demand of the Council and the will of the international community. The Council must enact enforcement measures including the deployment of an international protection force to save the besieged population.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said this latest Israeli move aims to erase Palestinian presence, and contrary to what some claim and expect, this action will extinguish prospects for peace, and undermine all regional and international efforts to peacefully resolve this conflict.

He said those shielding Israel from accountability through political cover, military support, or diplomatic protection are complicit, and must share responsibility. Asim Iftikhar said they must reconsider their policies, for history will judge them harshly.

Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN said Gaza is enduring a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe.

He said the so-called humanitarian system is a cruel illusion. Famine is rampant. Civilians are being shot trying to collect food.

The Ambassador said Pakistan reaffirms full support for the Palestinian people's legitimate rights, including right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent, viable, and contiguous State of Palestine, based on pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.