A UN mission on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza has found evidence that both Israeli and the Palestinian forces committed "war crimes".

In a report released Tuesday, the mission said its investigation concluded that "Israel committed actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during its Dec. 27-Jan. 18 military operations in the Palestinian territories.

It also said Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity by firing rockets into southern Israel.

(Xinhua News Agency September 16, 2009)