Fighting rages in Lebanon: What have different countries said?

Srinagar, Oct 1: Fighting rages in south Lebanon as Israel launched a ground invasion, violating Lebanon's territorial integrity.

Reports said there is an intense battle going on between Israel and Hezbullah, even as the latter said, it is ready for the ground attack.

Israel also killed three civillians in an airstrike on Syrian capital Damascus today morning.

What have other countries said?

TURKEY

Turkey's foreign ministry said Israel's ground offensive into Lebanon was an illegal attempt at occupation that violated Lebanese territorial integrity, and the operation must immediately end with Israel withdrawing from Lebanon.

In a statement, it said Israel's offensive targeted regional countries' security and stability as well, and added it was "highly likely" that a new migrant wave will emerge from the fighting. It called on the U.N. Security Council to "do what is necessary" in line with international law, reported Reuters.

RUSSIA

The Kremlin said it was deeply concerned about Israel's military activity in Lebanon and a reported strike on the Syrian capital, Damascus.

"We are witnessing together that the geography of hostilities is expanding, which is further destabilising the region and increasing tensions. These tensions are destructive to the region and the surrounding areas," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

SPAIN

Israel should cease conducting ground raids in southern Lebanon to avoid an escalation of the conflict enveloping the wider region, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told reporters.

"We insist that the ground incursion should be halted, as we're receiving very worrying information," Albares said, adding that it was "necessary to reach a truce in Lebanon and a ceasefire in Gaza."

ITALY

Italy, as the current president of the G7, will continue working for a de-escalation of the conflicts in the Middle East, a Rome government statement said.

BRITAIN

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the price of a regional Middle Eastern war would be "huge".

"None of us want to return to the years in which Israel found itself bogged down in a quagmire in southern Lebanon," Lammy told broadcasters. "None of us want to see a regional war."