Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to claims by Democrats Chairman Yair Golan that Israel "kills babies" as a hobby.
"I strongly condemn Yair Golan's reckless incitement against our heroic soldiers and the State of Israel. The IDF is the most moral army in the world, and our soldiers are fighting in a battle for our very existence.
"Golan, who has encouraged refusal to serve and previously compared Israel to the Nazis while in uniform, has now reached a new low by claiming that Israel 'kills babies as a hobby.'
"While we are conducting a multi-front war and leading complex diplomatic efforts to free our hostages and defeat Hamas, Golan and his radical left allies echo the most despicable antisemitic blood libels against IDF soldiers and the State of Israel.
"There is no limit to this moral decay."