The head of UN peacekeeping operations said its troops would remain at their posts in Lebanon despite fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, Australia has imposed fresh sanctions on Iran. DW has more.

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.

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