Former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer would head an international inquiry into the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza last week, under a UN plan reported in Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
UN chief Ban Ki Moon conveyed the proposal in a phone call to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, reports the paper.
It will contain Palmer, an expert on maritime law, as well as committee members from the US, Israel, and Turkey, whose nine nationals were killed.
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Haaretz also reported that top Israeli foreign officials told the paper that the Israeli government should consider the idea favourably.
The news comes amid debate about whether Israel would allow an inquiry, and under what terms.
Earlier, Israel said that the Pro-Palestinian activists who Saturday tried to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip have been transferred to Ben Gurion international airport for deportation Sunday.
The 11 activists attempted to break the blockade and deliver aid to Gaza five days after the flotilla it had planned to join was stormed by Israeli forces, resulting in nine activists being shot.
