Tel Aviv: Israel’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the United Nations after Israeli entities were included in the annex of the Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) report, accusing the global body of being “politicised and corrupt” and alleging “systematic targeting” of Israel.

In a post on X, the Foreign Ministry said the UN had strayed from its founding principles and was attempting to draw “a fake symmetry between Israel and the real sexual atrocities committed by Hamas.”

“The shameful and absurd UN decision to include Israeli entities in the annex to the CRSV report is further proof of the UN's true nature: a politicised and corrupt organisation that has abandoned its founding principles and systematically targets Israel as its primary mission. This decision is yet another example of the UN's long-standing, institutionalised hostility toward Israel. Today's decision must be understood in its true context: an attempt to create a fake symmetry between Israel and the real sexual atrocities committed by Hamas. This is its sole motivation,” the Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry also launched a sharp attack on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, accusing him of promoting “fabricated, baseless accusations” against Israel.

“The person behind this farce is Antonio Guterres. This is the same Guterres who sought to ‘contextualise’ the October 7 massacre, who covered up the involvement of UN employees in those atrocities, and who has dragged the UN to its lowest point. Guterres is now exploiting his final months as Secretary-General to fabricate baseless accusations against Israel, completely devoid of any factual merit,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

“Israel has comprehensively, thoroughly, and unequivocally refuted these allegations,” it added.

Israel also announced that it would sever all ties with the office of the UN Secretary-General until a new Secretary-General is appointed.

The move follows comments from Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, who said Israeli entities were expected to be added to a UN list of parties suspected of or responsible for sexual violence in armed conflict.

“The decision to blacklist Israel and accuse us of using sexual violence as a weapon of war is an outrageous decision,” Danon said in a post on X.

“We are done with this secretary-general,” he added.

According to France 24, the UN Secretary-General’s annual report on conflict-related sexual violence is typically shared with concerned states before publication.

The previous edition of the report, released in August, had warned that Israel could be included in the list alongside Hamas. It cited what it described as “credible information” regarding alleged sexual violence by Israeli security personnel against Palestinian detainees. It also noted restricted access by UN inspectors to certain detention facilities.

Palestinian groups have long accused Israeli authorities of widespread physical and sexual abuse of detainees in prisons and detention centres. (ANI)