Israeli President Shimon Peres appealed to the European Union on Tuesday to review its stance on Hizbullah to save Lebanon from its “madness,” saying the party is a terrorist organization and not a political movement.

“They collect missiles. They are trigger-happy. They hide missiles in peaceful towns and villages. By doing so, they turn them into a war target,” Peres said in a speech at the European Parliament.

At least 11 people were injured on Tuesday in renewed gunfights at the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon, the National News Agency reported.

"Fighting has ended in Ain el-Hilweh and we're now investigating the circumstances of the incident," al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commander Munir al-Maqdah told Radio Voice of Lebanon (100.5) later on Tuesday.

Students and their parents joined on Tuesday the Syndicate Coordination Committee in its endeavors by participating in its sit-in near the Ministry of Education in Beirut's UNESCO area.

The angry protesters held banners calling on the cabinet to refer the new wage scale for public employees to the parliament, accusing it of negligence and the Economic Committees of corruption.

Premier Najib Miqati said Tuesday that Lebanese leaders should refrain from expressing viewpoints that would draw criticism against the government and accusations of lack of credibility.

“The dangers surrounding us should prevent us from expressing personal viewpoints … that would allow some parties to have doubts in the government's credibility,” Miqati told a cabinet session held at the Grand Serail.

President Michel Suleiman headed on Tuesday to Africa on an 8-day tour at the head of a delegation, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The President will hold talks with senior African officials in Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria in addition to the Lebanese community in those countries.

A Lebanese man was lightly injured from Syrian gunfire in the northern border town of Arida, the state-run National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Ahmed Ahmed suffered a light injury in his hand from the Syrian bullets that reached his town in Akkar district overnight, the agency said.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati will discuss with former premiers ways to take “personal measures” against Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani over a dispute on the Higher Islamic Council, a council member said Tuesday.

Mohammed Murad, who is close to al-Mustaqbal movement, told As Safir daily that Miqati stressed to an HIC delegation on Monday that Qabbani's call for the Council elections to take place on April 14 was illegal and inappropriate.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MPs submitted an urgent proposal to modify the retirement age of officers in leadership posts in the army, the Internal Security Forces and other security agencies.

According to An Nahar newspaper published on Tuesday, lawmakers Ziad al-Qaderi, Nuhad al-Mashnouq, Atef Majdalani and Hadi Hobeish submitted an urgent draft law to increase the retirement age to 63.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Tuesday that the cabinet will not step down, pointing out that the so-called Orthodox Gathering electoral law instigates federalism, cantons and undermines the Taef accord.

“The cabinet has preserved Lebanon over the past two years, which were the most difficult, dangerous and complicated stages that the country had to pass through,” Miqati told As Safir newspaper.

Consultations between Speaker Nabih Berri and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on a hybrid electoral draft-law have reached a dead end over pressure exerted by the speaker's allies in the March 8 majority alliance, PSP sources said Tuesday.

The sources told al-Liwaa newspaper that Berri suggested instead a draft-law that considers Lebanon a single district after coming under pressure by Hizbullah and the Free Patriotic Movement of MP Michel Aoun.