A new report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres set to be published later this week sounds the alarm about the harsh humanitarian crisis in Gaza and warns of a new war between Israel and Hamas.

The big picture: The report was a byproduct of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 on the Israeli settlements which passed on December 2016 after the Obama administration decided not to veto it. Together with the Israeli government, the Trump transition team and the then-president-elect tried to prevent the resolution from passing.

Since Trump entered the White House, the United States' ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has denounced the resolution many times and made every effort to fight its requirements.

Haley put pressure on Guterres not to publish a report as the resolution demands. She succeeded in preventing its publication for 17 months, but after pressure from France and other members of the Security Council, Guterres decided to publish the document, which is set to be updated every several months.

The still-not-public report was circulated to the 15 members of the Security Council last week, and I obtained a copy.

The main points of Guterres' report: