The risk of "a major miscalculation" looms over the Middle East after nearly four months of war in Gaza between the Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas, International Crisis Group President Comfort Ero says during an interview with AFP in Washington. "I think the big three -- Iran, Israel and the US -- do not want to see escalation," she says. "But we are also seeing that every day we're one step closer to a major miscalculation." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES