United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk says that many people in Lebanon have been displaced many times as a result of Israeli bombardments.

“They were displaced in 2024, were displaced again and again in 2026,” he tells Al Jazeera. “So there is a deep sense of exhaustion and despair, I have to say, that I felt from people, [and] anxiety about what the future brings.”

He notes that one man he met with had tried to return to his home four days earlier only to be prevented from entering his village.

“He saw how his village had been demolished in front of his eyes.

“The ceasefire has to hold,” he stresses. “People have to find a way to get back to their lives and live in peace with their neighbour.”