UN to send investigators to Lebanon over potential law breaches, rights chief says

The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to assess potential violations of international law by all parties during the current war in the country between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, UN human rights chief Volker Türk says.

“It’s the first time that we are sending this assessment mission, and the idea is indeed to look at violations by all parties — violations of international law, violations of international human rights law, and to document this, and eventually to report back to you on our findings,” Turk says.

Fighting has continued in Lebanon despite repeated declarations of a ceasefire amid direct talks between Jerusalem and Beirut backed by Washington.

The crisis is rapidly eroding food security, with nearly one in four people in Lebanon — about 1.24 million people — expected to face crisis and emergency levels of ⁠food insecurity until August, according to the UN.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.