Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday that, while he might not agree with how Israel is conducting its war against Hamas in Gaza, what is happening in the enclave does not amount to genocide.

Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza, sparking an angry denial from Israel.

Amnesty’s Israeli branch said it did not agree with this finding either.

“I may not agree with what the Israeli army is doing: it is time to stop, it is time to come to a ceasefire,” Tajani said at the end of a ceremony marking the 120th anniversary of the completion of the Great Synagogue of Rome.

“But it is not genocide in Gaza”.