### [2026-05-28](/feed/2026/05/28/index.md)

##### International reactions to the Gaza war
# Israel announces it will cut ties with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his office in response to the United Nations adding the country to its blacklist of countries and organizations that employ wartime sexual violence. 




### Sources:

1. [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/world/middleeast/israel-un-abuse-report.html)

### Related:

1. [The United Nations reports that Russian authorities subject civilian detainees in occupied Ukrainian territories to widespread torture, including sexual violence, while also documenting cases of ill-treatment of detainees held by Ukrainian authorities. ](/feed/2025/09/23/the-united-nations-reports-that-russian-authorities-subject-civilian-detainees-in-occupied-ukrainian-territories-to-wide.md) _Context: United Nations, wartime sexual violence_
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