Lebanon is currently going through a crisis that threatens its existence, said Bouhabib in his speech to the UN General Assembly in New York late on Thursday, local time.
He emphasized that the crisis threatens the entire Middle East and simultaneously welcomed the US and French proposal for an immediate 21-day ceasefire before the situation worsens further.
The message from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the opposite on Thursday:
We will continue to strike Hezbollah with full force. And we will not stop until we have achieved all our goals, primarily that the residents of the north can safely return to their homes, said Netanyahu to reporters in connection with his arrival in New York.
Later, Netanyahu's office admitted that the proposal for a ceasefire had been discussed with American officials on Thursday and that the talks would continue in the coming days.
Iran-backed Hezbollah has not commented on the proposal for a ceasefire.
The movement's military air force chief was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut on Thursday, whereupon Hezbollah responded by firing about 40 rockets at northern Israel.
At least 92 people have been killed and 153 injured during the latest 24 hours of Israeli attacks, according to Lebanon's Health Department in several statements late on Thursday. It is not clear how many of them were combatants and civilians.
More than 700 people have been killed in Israel's attacks on Lebanon since the conflict dramatically escalated on Monday, according to Lebanese authorities.
