Interested in an all-out war?????

"Israel is not interested in an all-out war," foreign minister says in letter to international counterparts

From CNN's Kareem El Damanhoury and Dana Karni

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that his country is not interested in an “all-out war” and urged the implementation of a 2006 United Nations resolution that ended the last war between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant group based in Lebanon.

“Israel is not interested in an all-out war, but the only way to prevent it is the immediate implementation of Resolution 1701,” the minister said in a letter sent to dozens of his international counterparts.

“The world must support Israel at this time, and demand an immediate cessation of Hezbollah’s attacks, its withdrawal to the north of the Litani River, and its disarmament in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1701,” Katz wrote.

“Tens of thousands of Israeli residents who have been forced to leave their homes in northern Israel must return home safely,” he continued.

Some background: The statement didn’t reference the escalating tension in the region following the assassination of Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which Iran blamed on Israel, or the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut, which Israel claimed. Iran’s supreme leader has vowed to avenge the death of Haniyeh.