Rank-and-file Labor members are urging their leaders to take action against Israel after its war in Gaza was branded an act of genocide against Palestinians.

A United Nations inquiry cited the targeting of civilians, blocking access to food and water and killings in "far larger numbers compared to previous conflicts".

Israel denies it's committing genocide, causing starvation or deliberately targeting civilians.

Australia's government is also yet to accept the headline conclusion of genocide, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong stopping short of that finding and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yet to comment while on a three-day visit to Papua New Guinea.

Labor Friends of Palestine spokesperson Peter Moss said the report confirmed the verdict of genocide that had been widely accepted by

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