Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say

Meanwhile, UN human rights chief Volker Türk announced on Wednesday that he was sending a team of human rights investigators to Lebanon, at the request of the Lebanese government.The team will look at possible human rights violations committed by all sides since the start of March, and is expected to present its findings at the end of July. Evidence gathered could be used in possible prosecutions for war crimes.Israel has been informed of the mission, but it remains unclear whether it will co-operate.Lebanon was drawn into the war between Israel, the US and Iran on 2 March, when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed Iran's supreme leader.Israel responded by launching a bombing campaign across Lebanon and invading a significant part of the country's south.Lebanon's health ministry says at least 3,696 people have been killed there during the conflict, while Israeli authorities say 30 soldiers and four civilians have been killed on both sides of the border.Almost one million people in Lebanon - a fifth of the population - remain displaced from their homes and that 1.4 million need humanitarian aid, according to the UN.The US brokered a ceasefire deal between the Israeli and Lebanese governments on 16 April, but the conflict has continued since then.