Israel carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians and used sexual violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts said in a new report.

United Nations-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The allegations came in one of the most extensive reports of its kind on the issue since Hamas' Oct.

The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Thursday said Israel carried out genocidal acts in Gaza through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities. The commission stated that Israel had intentionally attacked and destroyed the Palestinian territory’s main fertility centre,