Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva likened the Israeli war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War Two.
Israel later reacted to his statement and accused him of trivialising the Holocaust and causing offence to the Jewish people.
The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said it would summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand over the remarks, which Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu described as "disgraceful and grave."
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