“What is happening in the Gaza Strip is not a war, but a genocide,” LI Lula da Silva told reporters in Addis Ababa, where he attended the African Union summit. – This is not a war of soldiers once morest soldiers. It’s a war between a very well-trained army and women and children.”
“What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinians has not happened at any other time in history. In fact, this has already happened: when Hitler decided to kill the Jews,” said the veteran of the left.
This is one of the strongest comments yet on the conflict from LI Lula da Silva, a prominent representative of the global South whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the G-20.
The 78-year-old Brazilian leader condemned the October 7 attack on Israel by the Islamist group Hamas as an act of terrorism.
However, he has since been highly critical of Israel’s retaliatory military campaign.
The war in the Gaza Strip was sparked by an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, which killed around 1,160 people in the Jewish state, mostly civilians, according to AFP news agency figures based on official figures.
After vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel launched a massive military offensive that killed at least 28,985 people, mostly women and children, in the Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry of the Hamas-ruled territory.
The militants also took regarding 250 hostages, and Israel says 130 hostages remain in the Gaza Strip, including at least 30 who are believed to have been killed.
Earlier, the Republic of South Africa told judges at the United Nations High Court in The Hague that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip and asked for an urgent order for the Jewish state to stop its military actions.
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2024-05-05 22:16:35
