Brazilian President Lula da Silva accuses Israel of committing 'genocide' in Gaza. “This is not a war of soldiers against soldiers.
It is a war between a highly prepared army and women and children," he said. The remarks were among the most virulent comments ever made on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas by Lula. The Brazilian president also criticized recent decisions by major Western donors to suspend their funding of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. He reiterated his call for a settlement of the conflict based on the coexistence of two States.