“The problem is that it is not a war, it is genocide that has already killed almost two thousand children who have nothing to do with this war, they are victims of this war”, Lula said while speaking at the first meeting of the Federation Council at the Planalto Palace (headquarters of the Executive Power in Brasilia).

The meeting was attended by governors, mayors and parliamentarians.

During his speech he exclaimed that “I do not know how a human being is capable of war knowing that the result of this war is the death of innocents”.

The former trade unionist assured that it is not a matter of discussing who is right or wrong in the conflict.

Brazil adopted the diplomatic position of seeking peace and avoiding direct criticism of the two sides of the war.

In this line, the founder of the Workers’ Party spoke in defense of the children who are dying in the conflict.

According to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, of the 5,791 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Palestinian territory in just over two weeks, 2,360 were children.

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