Israel incensed after Brazil's Lula likens Gaza war to Holocaust

Israel accused Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of trivializing the Holocaust and causing offense to the Jewish people on Sunday after he likened the Israeli war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War Two, Report informs via Reuters.

The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said it would summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand over the remarks, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as "disgraceful and grave."

"This is a trivialization of the Holocaust and an attempt to attack the Jewish people and the right of Israel to self-defense. Drawing comparisons between Israel and the Nazis and Hitler is to cross a red line," Netanyahu said in a statement.