The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvavisited this Monday a group of Brazilians and Palestinian relatives repatriated last Saturday from the Gaza Strip and guaranteed them support until they are installed in the South American country.
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (c), poses with people repatriated from the Gaza Strip at a lunch today, at the Brasilia Military Air Base (Brazil). Lula da Silva visited this Monday a group of Brazilians and Palestinian relatives repatriated last Saturday from the Gaza Strip and guaranteed them support until they are settled in the South American country. EFE/Andre Borges
“(I wish you) a good stay in Brazil. “We are going to be accompanying them until they fix everything.”the progressive president promised, at the lunch he offered to the repatriates in the Transit Hotelin the Brasilia Air Basewhere they are staying temporarily.
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He also recalled that Brazilian diplomacy will continue to be in contact with Israel to rescue more fellow citizens, as well as their relatives, from the Palestinian enclave, subject to heavy bombing by the Hebrew State for two and a half months.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are still 23 Brazilians who are waiting for approval from the Israeli, Egyptian and Palestinian authorities to cross the border crossing. Rafahwhich connects to Egypt with Loop and it is the only access enabled for the exit of civilians.
Since the attacks of the Islamist group Hamas from October 7, Brazil has chartered 12 flights through which it has managed to repatriate 1,555 people from Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
From Gaza, Brazil has managed to evacuate, always via Egyptto 141 Brazilians and relatives, and is waiting for the 23 mentioned.
Lula has condemned the “terrorist” attacks by Hamas from the beginning, but at the same time he has stated that “Israel’s attitude towards children and women” of Gaza “equals terrorism.”
On October 7, Hamas launched an attack on Israel with more than 1,200 dead and nearly 240 kidnappedsome of whom were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
In retaliation, Israel began a broad military offensive in Loop what has caused so far the death of 20,400 Gazans, among them 8,000 children, and more than 54,000 injured, according to the Ministry of Health of the Stripe.
