{"id":36024,"date":"2026-05-13T20:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/israel-detains-a-senior-un-official-at-ben-gurion-airport-during-his-visit-to-gaza\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:50:40","slug":"israel-detains-a-senior-un-official-at-ben-gurion-airport-during-his-visit-to-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/israel-detains-a-senior-un-official-at-ben-gurion-airport-during-his-visit-to-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel detains a senior UN official at Ben Gurion Airport during his visit to Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/thumbs_b_c_23876e6de76f3bc054c651ce26402cb2.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Israel had briefly detained and interrogated a senior UN official at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv during his visit to the Gaza Strip last year, Anadolu reported.<\/p>\n<p>Yedioth Ahronoth daily said late Tuesday that UN Under-Secretary-General for Security, Gilles Michaud, was held for about 45 minutes after arriving in airport.<\/p>\n<p>Michaud was questioned by the Shin Bet domestic security agency about an official visit he made to Gaza in August 2025, which was coordinated with Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The daily, citing Israeli officials, described the incident as a \u201ccase of mistaken identity,\u201d saying Michaud, a Canadian citizen, was released shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the passport his was confiscated during security checks before he was moved to a holding area and questioned during the visit to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident, Michaud said the treatment was &#8220;unusual&#8221; for a senior UN official and unlike anything he had experienced in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>According to the daily, the UN official intended to cancel his official meetings in Israel after the incident, without giving further details about the duration or purpose of his visit.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza Strip has remained a hot-button issue at the United Nations since Israel launched a deadly war on the enclave that has killed more than 72,000 people and wounded more than 172,000 since October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect on October 10, Israel has continued daily attacks and restrictions on humanitarian aid. entering Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>We use cookies to improve the experience and display ads (Google AdSense).<br \/>\n          By clicking &#8220;Accept&#8221;, you agree to the use of cookies according to<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy<br \/>\n          and<br \/>\n          Cookies Policy.<br \/>\n          You can reject non-necessary cookies by clicking &#8220;Reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel had briefly detained and interrogated a senior UN official at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv during his visit to the Gaza Strip last year, Anadolu reported. Yedioth Ahronoth daily said late Tuesday that UN Under-Secretary-General for Security, Gilles Michaud, was held for about 45 minutes after arriving in airport. Michaud was questioned by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-36024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":5,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36026,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36024\/revisions\/36026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}