Egypt, Jordan and Iraq accused Israel on Wednesday of pushing the region into an all-out war amid deadly airstrikes launched by Tel Aviv on Lebanon.

The foreign ministers of the three Arab countries held a meeting on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Anadolu reported. 

A joint statement by the three countries said stopping the “dangerous escalation underway in the region... begins by halting Israel’s aggression in Gaza.”

They warned that “Israel is pushing the entire region into an all-out war” and called on the international community and the UN Security Council "to bear their responsibilities to stop the war."