Hebrew media reported that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, informed the Israeli army attaché in the United States, Heidi Zilberman, of his decision to include Israel on the blacklist of countries and organizations that harm children.

The Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth” said today, Friday, “Guterres informed the Israeli army attaché in the United States, Heidi Zilberman, that he had made the final decision to include Israel in the blacklist of countries and organizations that harm children in conflict areas, along with Russia, ISIS organizations, and Al-Qaeda.” And Boko Haram.”

She added, “All Israeli efforts to persuade Guterres to refrain from this step have failed, and Israel will appear on a blacklist that will be published next week as part of a report distributed to members of the Security Council.”

She continued, “Although an official statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations has not yet been published, Israel understands that the decision has been taken, and the report will be discussed on June 26.”

She pointed out that “the report, which is published once a year and covers the previous year, was written by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on children and war zones, Virginia Gamba.”

She said, “The current report will cover the entire year 2023, as the last quarter witnessed a jump in data due to the events of October 7.”

Since the seventh of last October, the Israeli occupation army has continued its aggression against the Gaza Strip, with American and European support, as its planes bomb the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers, and Palestinian civilian homes, destroying them above the heads of their residents, and preventing the entry of water, food, medicine, and fuel.

The continuing aggression of the occupation against Gaza led to the death of 36,654 martyrs and the injury of 83,309 others, in addition to the displacement of about 1.7 million people from the Strip’s population, according to United Nations data.