Informed sources told Reuters that Brazil does not intend to withdraw the comments of its President, Luiz Inacio da Silva, in which he likened the Israeli war on Gaza to Hitler’s treatment of the Jews.

Reuters quoted sources as saying that Lula directed not to withdraw the comments and to provide any answers through diplomatic channels.

These comments sparked a diplomatic dispute between the two countries, after which Brazil recalled its ambassador to Israel.

In light of the Brazilian President's statements in which he likened the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared Lula da Silva persona non grata. He also summoned the Brazilian ambassador to Israel, Frederico Mayer, and reprimanded him regarding the statements of his country's president.

While Celso Amorim, advisor to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lollo da Silva, stated that Israel's decision to declare the Brazilian president persona non grata is ridiculous.

Hebrew Channel 13 reported that Brazil issued a decision to expel its Israeli ambassador due to the war on Gaza.

For its part, the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" expressed on Sunday its gratitude for the statements of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in which he described what the Gaza Strip was being exposed to as a Nazi "Holocaust."

The Brazilian President accused Israel of committing “genocide” against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, likening what Israel was doing to the Holocaust during World War II.