Israel has been on the receiving end of scathing criticism from European leaders who are trying to restrain the Jewish state from pressing on with its wars in Gaza and southern Lebanon.

Israeli airstrikes have hit the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force and other positions in south Lebanon in recent days, drawing widespread condemnation from around the world.

The Israeli army said on Saturday that it is maintaining its attacks on the Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon and Palestinian extremist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In southern Lebanon, Nasser Abed al-Aziz,

Israel struck Beirut and dozens of south Lebanon villages and towns overnight while carrying out a massacre in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.