Gilad Erdan told Israeli Army Radio that the UN “has become a terrorist body itself”, Al Jazeera reports.

“Since Israel withdrew from Gaza — the UN cooperates with Hamas, it covers for it, and the Secretary-General is quick to condemn Israel for everything that gets published,” he claimed.

Following the attack by Hamas, Guterres said: “I have condemned unequivocally the horrifying and unprecedented 7 October acts of terror by Hamas in Israel. Nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians — or the launching of rockets against civilian targets”.

Guterres has also repeatedly criticised Israel for its onslaught on Gaza. He recently said Israel has brought “relentless death and destruction” to Palestinians in the strip.