Israeli has ban the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, from entering the country.
The Israeli foreign minister, Israel Katz, announced this on Wednesday in a post on X, describing Guterres as undesirable personality.
“I decided today to declare U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres an undesirable personality in Israel and to ban his entry into Israel,” Katz said.
He said the UN Secretary General failed to “unequivocally condemn Iran’s criminal attack on Israel” on Tuesday.
Katz added that Guterres “does not deserve to set foot on Israel’s soil.”
On Tuesday, Iran attacked on Israel with missiles, saying it was a retaliation for the deaths of Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader; Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas political leader; and Abbas Nilforoushan, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
After Iran fired missiles at Israel, Gutteres condemned the broadening of the Middle East conflict with escalation after escalation.
“This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire,” the UN chief had said.
Katz accused Guterres of giving “support to the terrorists, rapists and murderers of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and now to the mother ship of global terrorism, Iran”.
He said “Israel will continue to protect its citizens and maintain its status and national honour with or without Antonio Guterres”.
