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Johannesburg, South Africa — The South African government said on Monday it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to signal its concern over the situation in Gaza.
Gunmen from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas stormed across Gaza’s border with Israel on October 7, killing about 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and taking over 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials. Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said the recall of the diplomats was “normal practice”, adding the envoys would give a “full briefing” to the government, which will then decide whether it can be of assistance or whether a “continued relationship is actually able to be sustained”.
Hamas hailed the move and called on South Africa to “sever all ties” with Israel, which for its part decried the recall, saying it rewarded the Islamist group “for the massacre it carried out”.Earlier, Ntshavheni accused Israeli ambassador Eliav Belotserkovsky, of making derogatory comments about South Africans, including members of government, “who are speaking against the holocaust being committed by the Israeli government”.
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