Brazil's Workers Party slams Israel for ‘playing favourites’ when choosing who evacuates Gaza

Brazil's ruling Workers Party criticised the Israeli government on Friday for not allowing 34 Brazilians to leave Gaza, saying Israel is playing favourites when it comes to deciding who should be allowed to evacuate the besieged enclave.

According to Reuters, in the three days since the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt opened to allow nationals of other countries to leave Gaza, Brazilians waiting to leave were not on the list approved by Israel, despite diplomatic efforts to include them.

"For the third time, the Israeli government denied the departure of Brazilian citizens threatened by the massacre against the civilian population in the Gaza strip," Workers Party president Gleisi Hoffmann said in a social media post.

She said the Israeli government has not provided any explanation for what she said was discrimination.