UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his concerns that the war in Gaza will spill over into a regional conflict.

“There is a continued risk of wider regional conflagration, the longer the conflict in Gaza continues, given the risk of escalation and miscalculation by multiple actors,” Al Jazeera quotes Guterres as saying in a statement.

Burgeoning violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces and Israeli settlers is “extremely alarming”, the UN chief said, as is fighting between Hezbollah and Israel across the south Lebanon border, attacks from Iraq and Syria, and the Houthis attacking shipping in the Red Sea.

“The secretary-general again appeals to all members of the international community to do everything in their power to use their influence on the relevant parties to prevent an escalation of the situation in the region,” Stephane Dujarric, Gutteres’s spokesman said.