On June 22, 2015, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict (the Commission) released a report on its findings from the conflict.  The report states that the mandate of the Commission was to “examine alleged violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law occurring between 13 June and 26 August 2014 across the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular in Gaza, and in Israel, and to determine whether such violations had been committed.”  According to the press release, the Commission “gathered substantial information pointing to the possible commission of war crimes by both Israel and Palestinian armed groups.”  The report notes the violence committed by both sides: “The 2014 hostilities saw a huge increase in firepower used in Gaza, with more than 6,000 airstrikes by Israel and approximately 50,000 tank and artillery shells fired. In the 51 day operation, 1,462 Palestinian civilians were killed, a third of them children. Palestinian armed groups fired 4,881 rockets and 1,753 mortars towards Israel in July and August 2014, killing 6 civilians and injuring at least 1,600.”