By Olivia Le PoidevinGENEVA, May 29 (Reuters) - Israel's ambassador to the United Nations said his country had been added to a U.N. blacklist of sexual violence in conflict zones, alongside Hamas."This is a political decision! Disconnected from the facts and reality!" Danny Danon said in a post on X, referring to a report due to be published soon. Danon was informed about it during a phone call with the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, a post on X by the Israeli mission to the U.N. said.

UN expected to add Israeli bodies, including the Israel Prison Service, to its blacklist of conflict-related sexual violence perpetrators alongside Hamas; Israel accuses…

"Anyone who is able to include Israel on the same list as Hamas terrorists and rapists has no sense of morality," said Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon.