The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has been banned from entering Israel over his response to Iran's ballistic missile bombardment. In a statement, Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz called Guterres an "anti-Israel secretary-general who lends support to terrorists".

In a statement, Guterres criticized "escalation after escalation" in the area and said, "This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire."