Brazil's president compared Tel Aviv's crimes to Adolf Hitler's actions against Jews

 Lula made the comments on Sunday during a joint interview in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, where he was attending an African Union summit. "What is happening in the Gaza Strip is not a war, it is a genocide," Lula said, adding: "It is not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It is a war between a highly trained army and women and children." "What is happening in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian people has not happened at any other time in history. In fact, it happened when Hitler decided to kill the Jews", said the President of Brazil. Lula further criticized the United States' decision to suspend contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) after Israel alleged that some of the agency's staff had taken part in a Hamas attack in early October last year. passed. "What is the heart of solidarity of those people who do such actions at a time when in the Gaza Strip there is no war, but genocide?!", said Lula. "Do not suspend humanitarian aid to people who have been trying to build their state for many decades," he added. Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has reacted to Lula's harsh comments, saying he will summon Brazil's ambassador for a response to the Brazilian president's criticism of Israel's behavior in Gaza.