UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that unauthorised weapons in the hands of Hezbollah and threatening rhetoric from the Lebanese militant group and Israeli officials heightens the risk of miscalculation and escalation into conflict.<br/><br/>Guterres said in the report to the UN Security Council circulated that allegations of arms transfers to Hezbollah continue "on a regular basis," which the UN takes seriously. The UN chief called on Hezbollah and Israel, who fought a war in 2006, to exercise restraint at all times and refrain from potentially inflammatory comments.<br/><br/>The UN resolution that ended the 2006 war calls for Hezbollah and all other militias operating in Lebanon to be disarmed and demobilized. It also calls for the 10,700-strong UN peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL to monitor a zone south of the Litani River near Israel's border where Hezbollah is banned from keeping weapons.