New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar today slammed Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi for her claim of Israel having committed ''genocide'' in Gaza and asked her not to buy Hamas claims on numbers. Priyanka Gandhi had said in a tweet that the Israeli state is committing genocide in Gaza and has ''murdered over 60,000 people and starved hundreds to death.''

''What is shameful is your deceit. Israel Killed 25,000 Hamas terrorists. The terrible cost in human lives derives from Hamas's heinous tactics of hiding behind civilians, their shooting of people trying to evacuate or receive assistance and their rocket fire,'' The Israeli Ambassador wrote on X while tagging Priyanka's quote.

He said Israel had facilitated 2...