Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, is barred from entering Israel.

Katz justified the decision by saying that Guterres had not "unequivocally" condemned Iran's attack on Israel on Tuesday, in which Tehran allegedly fired around 180 missiles at Israel.

"Anyone who cannot unequivocally condemn Iran's heinous attack on Israel, as almost every country in the world has done, does not deserve to set foot on Israeli soil," he wrote on social media.

"This is a secretary-general who has yet to denounce the massacre and sexual atrocities committed by the Hamas murderers on October 7, nor has he led any efforts to declare them a terrorist organization," he charged.

Meanwhile....

All flights to and from Iran will be canceled until Thursday at 5 a.m. local time, the country's Civil Aviation Organization announced, according to the Tasnim news agency, a day after Tehran fired missiles at Israel.

Hezbollah said that clashes have already begun on the ground with Israeli infantry forces, after a unit tried to infiltrate the town of Odaisseh at dawn.

Israel is preparing a "significant retaliation" against Iran's missile attack, announced the site Axios, citing anonymous Israeli government sources. The targets could be oil production facilities in the interior of the country, it says siteAlthough no official source from the Israeli Armed Forces or Government has confirmed these reports so far. (Público)