Foreign Minister Eli Cohen says on X the diplomats were summoned over “false claims” made by the Spanish and Belgian prime ministers.
During a visit to the region, Spain’s Pedro Sanchez and Belgium’s Alexander De Croo called on Israel to do more to protect the lives of civilians in Gaza and to respect international law.
“Israel has the right to defend itself. However, this right cannot encompass the deaths of innocent civilians, including thousands of children, in Gaza,” Sanchez said on Thursday after his visit to Israel.
The Israeli foreign minister said the ambassadors were summoned to receive a “harsh rebuke” and “Israel is acting according to international law and fighting a murderous terrorist organization worse than ISIS that commits war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
Netanyahu also said he “strongly condemns” his Spanish counterpart’s comments, saying they “did not place total responsibility on Hamas for the crimes against humanity it perpetrated”, including killings of Israeli citizens.
Source: AlJazeera
