New Delhi, June 20 -- Tensions flared at the United Nations on Friday as a public hearing descended into a heated verbal confrontation between Israel's ambassador and the UN secretary-general's special representative for children and armed conflict.

During an event in New York marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Israeli envoy Danny Danon called for the resignation of Pramila Patten, accusing her of prejudice after a report she prepared placed Israel on a UN blacklist over alleged violations for the first time, according to Reuters.

You caved to the secretary-general's obsession with targeting Israel," Danon said, referring to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

A separate UN officia...