Nigeria, Sept. 16 -- A United Nations inquiry has found that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, citing evidence of mass killings, deliberate starvation, and conditions designed to destroy the population.

In a detailed report released on Tuesday, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, said it had found reasonable grounds to conclude that Israeli authorities and security forces had carried out four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law since the start of the war with Hamas in 2023.

The panel said these included killing members of a group, causing serious bodily and mental harm, deliberately inflicting ...