The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday that Israel's deadly strikes on Gaza earlier this month may constitute war crimes if they are shown to be disproportionate.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gestures at a press conference on December 9, 2020 in Geneva. (File photo: AFP)

"If found to be indiscriminate and disproportionate impacting on civilians and civilians' objects, such attacks may constitute war crimes," Bachelet told a special session of the UN Human Rights Council.