The bloc's warning comes amid signs Israel is ramping up its offensive with a land incursion into Lebanon.
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00:00The European Union's foreign ministers have called for an immediate ceasefire between
00:09Hezbollah and Israel amidst spiraling tensions.
00:18The EU's top diplomat Joseph Borrell said that any military intervention from Israel's
00:22sides would aggravate the situation.
00:25The EU's response came hours after Israeli defence minister said that the next phase
00:30of war against Hezbollah would begin soon.
00:35Any further military intervention would try to aggravate the situation and has to be avoided.
00:51The words used by European Union member countries have been stronger, with French foreign minister
00:57urging both sides to stop firing.
01:20The European Union has increased the emergency funding to Lebanon by an extra 10 million
01:25euros following recent escalations.
01:27However, the divergent positions of its member states have so far prevented extra measures
01:33such as sanctions from taking place.