UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese urged deployment of an international protection force in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, describing the measure as urgent and invoking third-state obligations under a 2024 ICJ advisory opinion. She also called for UN General Assembly and secretary-general action to circumvent Security Council paralysis caused by repeated U.S. vetoes of resolutions critical of Israel. The statements reference ongoing settlement expansion, including EU condemnation of new E1 units, while Israel maintains its settlements are legal.