France, June 26 -- Children have been killed directly through military attacks and indirectly through the destruction of schools and hospitals, starvation and the collapse of essential services, the report said.

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, mandated by the UN, said it had found "reasonable grounds" to conclude that Israel was committing genocide.

The commission said Israel's actions have left a generation physically and psychologically scarred, while undermining the ability of Palestinians to survive as a group.

The report, which was released this week and is around 100 pages long, documents what it describes as violations and crimes com...