Our people have the right to defend themselves says Palestinian PM

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh makes a statement during the weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, saying that the fighting raging between Israel and Hamas around the Gaza Strip is "the result of the Israeli government’s policy, which practices the worst forms of aggression and murder".

Israel relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip early Monday and the death toll from the war against the Palestinian surged above 1,100.