NEW YORK, JULY 23, SPA -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warned that an Israeli invasion of Lebanon would see a dramatic escalation of Hezbollah attacks and said Syria and Iran should be involved in resolving the crisis. He also lobbied on behalf of an international security force in the border region that Israel so far has refused to back as its troops mass near southern Lebanon where the Hezbollah militia is based. "I think it’s going to be a serious escalation" if Israel invades southern Lebanon, Annan said on CNN television as violence that has claimed some 350 lives stretched into a 10th day. "Obviously, there is going to be heightened tensions between them and Hezbollah" should Israeli ground forces move in to Hezbollah-controlled territory, he said on CNN’s "Larry King Live." Annan was quoted as saying by AFP if Israeli troops stay long-term "to establish what they have called, in the past, a security zone or a security accord, it will be a security zone for them, but for the others will be occupation and that will intensify the resistance." --SPA 1421 Local Time 1121 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/377602