"The trauma, July 28 -- BEIRUT - The school in southern Lebanon had been converted into a shelter, and by the time Volker Turk arrived on Sunday, around a thousand displaced residents were living inside it. Some had been forced from their villages once since the April ceasefire. Others had fled and returned and been forced to flee again. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights walked among them and listened.

Israeli military operations continuing after the April ceasefire may be amounting to war crimes, and no one, he said, is above international law.

The ceasefire reached in April 2026 was presented as a turning point after months of devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. By the time it was signed, Israel's bo...