The European Union condemned attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon and rejected Israeli allegations that the U.N. was keeping them there to obstruct military operations against Hezbollah.

We urgently await explanations and a thorough investigation from the Israeli authorities about the attacks against UNIFIL,' EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell - Anadolu Ajansı

France, Italy and Spain say Israel’s ‘unjustifiable targeting’ of UN base is a ‘serious violation’ of international law