The risk of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict widening is increasing daily, with frequent clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, stated UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a written address prepared for the Security Council meeting on the Middle East.

"The specter of further regional spillover is increasing by the day, as exchanges of fire across the Blue Line between Hezbollah and Israel continue," Guterres noted in a statement read by his Cabinet Chief Earle Courtenay Rattray.