France on Thursday condemned Israel’s move to declare UN chief Antonio Guterres “persona non grata”, saying the decision was “unjustified.” “France regrets the unjustified, serious and counter-productive decision taken by Israel to declare the secretary general of the United Nations,

Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the U.N. secretary general had not condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel in strong enough terms. For his part, Mr. Guterres said he condemned the attack.

Israel's foreign minister, Israel Katz has barred UN Chief Antonio Guterres from entering the country over his initial response to Iran's missile attack.