The UN Security Council held an emergency session on Thursday morning regarding the war on Lebanon, during which members listened to a briefing from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who described the situation in Lebanon as hell.

"Lebanon is on the brink of an abyss, and we should all be concerned about the escalation," Guterres said, noting that "the exchange of fire represents a repeated violation of Security Council Resolution 1701."

He pointed out that nearly 200,000 people have been displaced since last October inside Lebanon, while many lives have been lost.

Guterres revealed intensive diplomatic efforts to reach a temporary cessation of violence, which would allow for the provision of humanitarian assistance and provide an opportunity to restore lasting peace.

Meanwhile, officials called for the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities and stop the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, in order to avoid dragging the region into a comprehensive war.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, stressed that "escalation will not solve anything, because war does not solve anything, and what is happening in southern Lebanon cannot be separated from what is happening in Gaza."

Borrell stressed, "We must do everything to avoid southern Lebanon becoming a new Gaza."

In turn, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aati said, "What we witnessed last year in Gaza and what we are witnessing now in Lebanon is likely to expand to other areas in the region, if the international community does not assume its responsibility to put an end to the machine of death and destruction."

As the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said, “Israel’s actions today are a deliberate and stupid invocation of a firestorm, a firestorm that will spare no one.”

In addition to the 15 members of the Security Council, the session was attended by Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Syrian Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Araqchi, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.