Colombia is set to break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza.
Speaking to a crowd in the capital Bogotá on Wednesday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that the country "will break diplomatic relations with the state of Israel" on Thursday, calling its government "genocidal."
"If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we are not going to let it die," he said.
Israel has strongly denied committing genocide in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
"History will remember that Gustavo Petro decided to side with the most despicable monsters known to mankind," Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.