Palestine's deputy UN envoy told the Security Council that Palestinians are being asked to prove their commitment to peace while enduring mass killing, displacement and annexation, declaring that "occupation must end".

Speaking at a council meeting on Palestine on Thursday, Majed Bamya noted the aftermath of the 7 October events, saying he remembered condemnations for the attacks and demands for the release of hostages, as well as claims by some colleagues that Israel had to defend itself.

He said he searched his memory for any occasion when Palestinians were told, after a massacre, that they had the right to do whatever is necessary.

"Never. Not once before October 7, not once since, not when 10,000 Palestinians were killed, not when 20,000, not when 50,000, not when 70,000 Palestinians were killed," he said.

Bamya said Palestinians warned of the massacres to come, as well as forced displacement and annexation, and responded by seeking diplomacy.

"We sought protection, not justification of violence, whether legitimate or illegitimate. We sought justice, not vengeance," he said. "Yet, we are the ones asked to prove our commitment to peace."

He said "entire multi-generational" families had been wiped out in Gaza, while others were forced to keep running for their lives with no time to mourn, and that "92% of homes in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged".

Bamya said more than 1,000 Palestinians have been attacked in the occupied West Bank, including in the occupied East Jerusalem, in three years.

"Approximately 6,000 settler attacks have occurred since the beginning of this year," he said.

Bamya said Palestinians supported the ceasefire plan and the Security Council resolution endorsing it because they embodied principles including "no bloodshed, no occupation, no annexation, no forcible displacement".

"Yet Israel opposes every one of them," he said.

Noting that the Palestinian Authority has been undermined, with most of its employees unpaid for 15 months, Bamya asked council members which of their countries would still have a standing government under those conditions.

He said Israel "demands reforms while obstructing them, disarmament while its occupation forces continue killing, and while it continues arming settlers, security while denying ours".

"This is not peace; it is permanent subjugation," he said.

Rejecting security as a justification for annexation, he said, "Annexation cannot be justified by the need for security, not in Palestine, not in Lebanon, not in Syria, not anywhere, or borders would be meaningless, and wars would be permanent."

"We are either sovereign states, equal in rights and duties, sharing security and prosperity, or warring parties forever," he said. "Occupation must end."