New Delhi: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his concerns that the war in Gaza could escalate into a regional conflict, media reports said.
“The longer the conflict in Gaza continues, the risk of a broader regional conflict remains high, with the risk of escalation and miscalculation by multiple parties,” media reports quoted Guterres as saying in a statement.
He said the increasing violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces and Israeli settlers is extremely worrying.
“As is the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel on the south Lebanon border, attacks from Iraq and Syria and Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea,” the UN chief said.
He again appealed to all members of the international community to make every possible effort to use their influence on the parties concerned to prevent the situation from escalating in the region.
