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The United Nations Human Rights Council accuses Israel of committing genocidal acts and other war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, including committing gender-based violence and sexual assault against prisoners and the systematic destruction of healthcare systems in the region. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses the reports and accusations, calling them biased and "antisemitic".
2025-03-13

Israel announces it will cease all contact with the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, after a ban on the organization's work on Israeli territory goes into effect on January 30.
2025-01-28

Israel accuses Hamas of violating the deal by failing to release female civilians, including Arbel Yehud, before female soldiers. As a result, Israel blocks Palestinians from returning to North Gaza through the Netzarim Corridor.
2025-01-25

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses the conflict with Gaza with the United Nations Special Coordinator to the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, who has been preparing humanitarian projects for Gaza.
2018-06-26

The report of the diplomatic Quartet to the Security Council — the United Nations, Russia, the United States, and the European Union — calls on Israel to end settlement construction and expansion policy, and calls on Palestinians to act decisively to stop incitement to violence and to clearly condemn terrorist acts. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov tells the UNSC, “The main objective of this report is not about assigning blame ... (rather) it focuses on the major threats to achieving a negotiated peace."
2016-07-1

Four Filipino UN peacekeepers are kidnapped by armed men while patrolling the demilitarized area between Syria and the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
2013-05-7

20 United Nations peacekeepers are detained by around 30 armed fighters in the Golan Heights on the border between Syria and Israel.
2013-03-6

Israel asks the United Nations to disavow the Goldstone Report after the report's author, Judge Richard Goldstone, says that he retracts the accusation that Israel intentionally targeted civilians during the 2008–2009 Gaza War.
2011-04-2

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev writes a letter to Ban Ki-moon stating that Israel would use force against a Bolivian-flagged all-female aid ship intending to land near Gaza.
2010-08-21

Israel grants permission to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton to visit Gaza after denying permission to other international politicians.
2010-03-9