UN human rights office to send investigators to Lebanon over potential international law violations in war, 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, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday.

Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East conflict on March 2 when the Tehran-backed Hezbollah militia fired rockets at Israel in solidarity with Iran, which was under U.S.-Israeli attack, prompting a major Israeli air and ground ⁠campaign.

(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin, editing by Linda Pasquini)

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This story was originally published June 10, 2026 at 4:22 AM.