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UN chief warns Israel, Russia over reports of sexual abuse by armed forces

Israeli soldiers shoot rubber bullets at Palestinians in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, in May 2023 [Mussa Issa Qawasm/Reuters]

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has put Israel and Russia “on notice” that their armed forces and security personnel could be listed among parties “credibly suspected” of committing sexual violence in conflict zones.

The warning on Tuesday resulted from “significant concerns regarding patterns of certain forms of sexual violence that have been consistently documented by the United Nations”, Guterres wrote in a report seen by the Reuters news agency.

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