UN chief Guterres has said any governing institution established for Gaza would need a legitimate mandate from the UN Security Council.

Speaking at the World Social Summit in Doha yesterday, Guterres said: “What we believe is that, whatever entity is created in Gaza should have the legitimacy of a mandate from the Security Council.”

He added that local Palestinian police forces would need training, and that a transitional period should ultimately lead to the reunification of Gaza and the occupied West Bank under the Palestinian Authority.