Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who compared Israel's war with Hamas to the holocaust.
"The Brazilian President's words are shameful and severe. This is the trivialization of the Holocaust and an attempt to harm the Jewish people and Israel's right to defend itself.
"The comparison between Israel and the Nazi Holocaust and Hitler is a red line. Israel is fighting for its defense and to ensure its future, until total victory and it is doing so while following international law.
"I decided, with Foreign Minister Katz, to immediately summon the Brazilian Ambassador to Israel for a serious reprimand."