United Nations ? Computer hackers posted an anti-war message on the U.N.’s official Web site, claiming that U.S. and Israeli policies in the Middle East were taking innocent lives, the United Nations said.

The first attack on a U.N. Web page reserved for statements from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon occurred about 9 a.m. Sunday morning, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said.

The Web site of the U.N. Department of Public Information was then attacked as was the U.N. Cyberschoolbus site for teachers and students and the U.N. Economic and Social Council’s site.

The hackers, who identified themselves as kerem125, MOsted, and Gsy, left a message criticizing U.S. and Israeli policy in the Middle East and saying “Peace for ever No war.”