Brazil's leader calls Gaza conflict 'a massacre'

BRASILIA - Brazil's president is calling Israel's conflict with Hamas "a massacre."

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff made the comment while speaking with local media outlets Monday from the presidential residence in Brasilia.

In an article posted on the website of the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Rousseff says that "I think what's happening in the Gaza Strip is dangerous. I don't think it's genocide, but I think it's a massacre."

Last week, Brazil recalled its ambassador from Israel, one of the first countries to do so. Israel's Foreign Ministry expressed "disappointment" at that move in a statement on its website.