India, June 21 -- Amid the ongoing tensions between Israel and Iran, a US envoy at a UN Security Council meeting on Friday fumbled and accidentally blamed Jerusalem for causing "chaos, terror and suffering" in the Middle East before correcting herself.

The US Charge d'Affaires ad interim to the UN, Dorothy Shea, was delivering a speech at the UNSC, condemning Iran's actions against Israel. Follow Iran Israel war live updates

"Israel's government has also spread chaos, terror and suffering throughout the region," Shea reads out. She then takes an awkward pause, shakes her head as she quickly corrects herself and repeats the sentence, "Iran's government has also spread chaos, terror and suffering throughout the region."

She continues wit...