Netanyahu Condemns UN Decision to Label Israeli Military a Child-Harming Entity

The list is part of a report set to be presented at the U.N. Security Council in the upcoming week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) speak to the media following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 16, 2023. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The United Nations is placing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on a list of offenders that have committed violations against children, a decision the Israeli government denounced as “shameful.”

Stephane Dujarric, a spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said Israel will be added to the list as part of the international organization’s annual report on Children and Armed Conflict. The report is set to be presented to the U.N. Security Council on June 14 and officially published on June 18.