‘When Hitler decided to kill the Jews…’ Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to Brazil president's Gaza remark
Israel for carrying out genocide in Gaza and voiced support for South Africa's case against Israel at the UN's International Court of Justice. However, it was the first time he directly compared Israel's actions to the Holocaust. As per Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the remark “crossed a red line".
Netanyahu accused Lula of being a “virulent anti-Semite". Israel was created as a safe place for Jews and to protect them from the Holocaust. Israel has called Brazil's ambassador for reprimand after Foreign Minister Israel Katz found Lula's comments to be "shameful and serious." In January, Lula met with the Palestinian ambassador and criticised Hamas' attack that started the ongoing offensive.
He, nevertheless, said killing civilians without distinction was not justified and urged for a cease-fire. The war was triggered by an October 7 attack by Hamas militants, who stormed into southern Israel and killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took around 250 hostages. Militants still hold around 130 hostages, a fourth of them believed to be dead.
Most of the others were released during a weeklong cease-fire in November, PTI reported. The war has killed at least 28,985 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Around 80 per cent of Gaza's population have been driven from their homes and a quarter face starvation.
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