United Nations decided to add the Zionist regime to the blacklist

TEHRAN (defapress) - An Israeli diplomat has confirmed that the United Nations is adding Israel to its so-called “blacklist” of countries that have committed abuses against children in armed conflict, as thousands of Palestinian children have been killed in the Israeli military’s continued assault on the Gaza Strip.

In a social media post on Friday, Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, said he received official notification of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s decision.

Erdan noted that this is simply outrageous and wrong.

Guterres’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said that it is done to give those countries a heads-up and avoid leaks. He also added that the report is set to be presented to the UN Security Council on June 14 and then officially published a few days later.

Senior Palestinian official Riad Malki welcomed the UN’s decision on Friday and said: "Now, faced with the catastrophe in Gaza that the world sees with its naked eyes with the genocide that specifically targets children and women, the UN secretary general no longer has excuses not to place Israel on the blacklist."

The annual report on children in armed conflict compiles “a list of parties engaging in violations against children”, including killing and maiming, sexual violence, and attacks on schools and hospitals.

The blacklist is meant to call out parties engaged in abuses against children. However other countries can use it to restrict arms sales to the offenders.