Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro fiercely condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, accusing him of leading a brutal campaign of genocide against the Palestinian and Lebanese people.

Maduro characterized the Israeli onslaught not as a conflict, but as part of a "colonial project" orchestrated by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe to maintain dominance over the region.

Maduro criticized Netanyahu's brazen demand for the United Nations to withdraw peacekeeping forces from southern Lebanon, following Israeli attacks that have killed over 1,300 people in Lebanon since September 23. "Netanyahu still dares to give orders to the UN, after the atrocities his government is committing," Maduro stated.

He denounced the Israeli regime's attacks on Gaza, which have targeted hospitals, schools, mosques, and refugee camps, resulting in the massacre of countless civilians. "This is not a war; it is outright genocide," he declared, emphasizing that the violence is an attempt to exterminate the Palestinian people while imposing an unjust colonial order on the region.

Maduro also accused Netanyahu of assassinating key resistance leaders, including Hezbollah's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, in an effort to derail a potential ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. He described Netanyahu as a "monster created by the European Union and the US Empire," suggesting that even Adolf Hitler did not commit atrocities on the scale of what is being done to the Palestinian people today.

In earlier statements, Maduro condemned the international community's silence, drawing sharp comparisons between Netanyahu and Hitler. He reaffirmed Venezuela's unwavering support for the Palestinian struggle, standing in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Lebanon against Israeli occupation and aggression. (ILKHA)