Civilians continued to flee Israel's relentless assault on Gaza City on Monday as world leaders prepared to discuss recognising a Palestinian state in New York. At least 15 people had been killed by Israeli forces on Monday morning, including seven in Gaza City, according to medical sources in the Strip. Israeli forces have razed several suburbs to the ground and levelled dozens of high-rise residential buildings in what appears to be a systematic campaign of destruction. France eyes support for Gaza peacekeeping forceFrance is trying to gather international backing for a multinational peacekeeping force that would replace Israeli forces in Gaza and disarm Hamas. It would see control of Gaza gradually handed over to the Palestinian Authority, whose presence in the territory has been vociferously rejected by Israel.