Brazil President accuses Israeli occupation of committing “genocide”

BRAZIL, Feb. 18 (YPA) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva accused on Sunday the Israeli occupation of committing genocide against civilians of Gaza Strip.

“What is happening in the Gaza Strip is not a war, but genocide,” said he to correspondents in Addis Ababa, where he attended an African Union summit.

“It is not a war of soldiers against soldiers,” he added. “It is a war between a highly prepared army and women and children.”

Lula da Silva continued, saying, “What is happening with the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip has not happened at any other stage in history, in fact, it had already occurred when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”

What the leftist Brazilian president said is considered one of the strongest statements he has made regarding the Israeli war on Gaza since its outbreak on October 7.

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