European reactions to the 2006 Lebanon War

Attacks on Lebanon this week showed that the Israeli government planned to spread the war to the region, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, calling on Western countries to take "deterrent steps" against Israel's actions.

Erdogan told a press conference that Israel's war in Gaza will top the agenda of his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 17 urged Pope Francis to help end what he called Israel's "massacre" of Palestinians, which should be punished with sanctions, his office has said.