Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has recalled his ambassador to Israel for talks, Brazil’s foreign ministry confirmed on Monday, as a diplomatic scuffle played out over the president’s recent comparison of Israel’s war against Hamas to the Holocaust.

The Brazilian Foreign Ministry also said that the Israeli ambassador was summoned for a reprimand, hours after Ambassador Frederico Meyer had been hauled in for a dressing down in Jerusalem over Lula’s comments.