The United Nations secretary-general says the Lebanese people have been “dragged into” war, and has called for an end to the fighting, as Israel keeps up its assault on several areas of the country. “The south [of Lebanon] risks becoming a wasteland. Southern Beirut, which is under sweeping evacuation orders by Israel, risks being bombed to oblivion,” Antonio Guterres said at a news conference in Beirut on Saturday. “There is no military solution, only diplomacy.” Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Guterres is visiting the country to launch a flash appeal for $325m to support the 800,000 plus people who have been internally displaced since Lebanon was dragged into the Middle East war on March 2, when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the US-Israeli killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Asked by Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith whether Israel’s forcible evacuation orders, now covering 14 percent of the country, were “consistent with international humanitarian law”, Guterres said: “Whatever does not create enough security for civilians inevitably becomes in violation of international humanitarian …