News - World: Colombia has decided to cut its diplomatic relations with the Israeli regime over the latter’s ongoing genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

President Gustavo Petro, a vocal critic of the brutal military onslaught, announced the decision, addressing a May Day rally in the capital Bogota on Wednesday.

"And we here in front of you, the government of change, the president of the republic informs that tomorrow diplomatic relations” with the Israeli regime “will be cut," he said.

"[We cut diplomatic ties] because of them having…a genocidal president,” he added.

At least 34,568 people, most of them women, children, and adolescents, have been killed in the war that was launched on October 7 following al-Aqsa Storm, a retaliatory operation staged by Gaza’s resistance groups.

Source: Press TV 

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