Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that he has declared United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “persona non grata” in Israel, criticizing him for not condemning Iran’s massive attack on Israel.

Today, I have declared UN Secretary-General  @antonioguterres persona non grata in Israel and banned him from entering the country.

Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran’s heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to step foot on Israeli soil.

This is a Secretary-General who has yet to denounce the massacre and sexual atrocities committed by Hamas murderers on October 7, nor has he led any efforts to declare them a terrorist organization.

A Secretary-General who gives backing to terrorists, rapists, and murderers from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and now Iran—the mothership of global terror—will be remembered as a stain on the history of the UN.

Israel will continue to defend its citizens and uphold its national dignity with or without António Guterres.

The UN opposes any land invasion by Israeli forces in Lebanon, the spokesman for the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said last night. 

The more than 10,000 peacekeepers of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL / Finul) are no longer able to patrol due to the intensity of the fighting, the spokesman of the UN secretary general announced.

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