Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday welcomed the UN’s decision to add Hamas to its ’blacklist’ of groups committing sexual crimes in armed conflicts

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned Israel about potentially listing the country’s armed forces in an upcoming UN report on sexual violence, according to the spokesperson for Israel’s mission to the UN.

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres wrote the Israeli envoy to the U.N., placing Israel on watch over sexual abuse in war claims and warning it faced being blacklisted.

The United Nations warned Israel and Russia on Thursday that their militaries faced being listed as parties suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict in light of credible evidence of violations.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has put Israel and Russia “on notice” that their armed forces and security personnel could be listed among parties “credibly suspected” of committing sexual violence in conflict zones.

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