Lebanons prime minister warned on Sunday that up to a million people in the country may currently be displaced by Israels deadly attacks, which has no end in sight despite world leaders cautioning against the escalation out of fear it could turn into an all-out regional war.

After convening an emergency government meeting , Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that while he still wants to pursue a diplomatic solution to the fighting between Israel and militant group Hezbollah, the government must immediately address the mass killing and displacement in Lebanon by the Israeli military.

The prime ministers video statement said that officially there are more than 118,000 displaced people staying in at least 778 shelters in Lebanon as of Friday, when Israeli forces rapidly escalated their massive assault in Beirut and its residential surroundings. Israel said the blasts killed more than 20 Hezbollah members on Friday, among them the groups veteran leader Hassan Nasrallah .

These people are being provided with basic needs like shelter and food, but estimates that the number of displaced people is much higher than this, Mikati said. It could reach up to one million people.