BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Wednesday that more than 100 Lebanese civilians have been killed by continued Israeli strikes after an agreed-upon cease-fire, and he urged renewed efforts to bring a permanent end to hostilities in Lebanon.
Türk said in a statement that the U.N. Human Rights Office has verified that 103 civilians were killed in Lebanon since the Nov. 27 cease-fire brokered by the United States and France to end a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah.
He added that the continued suffering inflicted on the population, including killing civilians in the past 10 months, "is tragic and must stop."
The human rights chief noted that "there have been no reports of killings from projectiles fired from Lebanon toward Israel since the cease-fire."
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