US EditionLula Condemns Israel's Actions in Gaza as 'Genocide' at BRICS Summit
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 6 – Since March 2025, Israeli military strikes and blockade have caused severe malnutrition in up to 150,000 children and damaged many hospitals, according to UN and Amnesty International reports.
- On July 6, 2025, Brazil’s president publicly denounced Israel’s military operations in Gaza as an act of genocide during the BRICS summit held in Rio de Janeiro.
- The condemnation followed Hamas's terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,219 people, mostly Israeli civilians, triggering a prolonged Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
- BRICS leaders from 11 nations, including Russia and Iran, met at Rio’s Museum of Modern Art and called for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
- According to data from the Gaza Health Ministry, which the United Nations deems credible, Israel's military operations have resulted in the deaths of over 57,000 individuals in Gaza, the majority of whom are civilians, underscoring the intensity of the conflict.
- The events intensified global debate over the use of the term genocide, with calls to track and confront its weaponization amid ongoing Gaza truce talks and mounting pressure to end the 22-month war.
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The Middle East also imposed itself in the discussions, with the Brazilian President denouncing a "genocide" in Gaza.
Brazil’s Lula Opens BRICS Summit by Condemning Israel’s ‘Genocide’ in Gaza - Quds News Network
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has opened the BRICS summit with a speech in which he condemned Israel’s war on Gaza, saying, “We cannot stand by indifferent to the genocide being committed by Israel against the people of Palestine.”
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