United Nations-backed human rights experts have accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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

A United Nations commission of experts has accused Israel of committing serious human rights violations, including the use of sexual violence as a means of oppressing and controlling the Palestinian population.

Palestinians who say they suffered brutal beatings and sexual abuse in Israeli detention and at the hands of Israeli settlers testified about their ordeals at the United Nations this week.

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,