Dumistansya ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) kay Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom (UK) Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. matapos ang naging pahayag nito na dapat umanong patayin ang mga batang Palestinian.

"The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines completely disassociates itself from the statement made on Twitter by Ambassador Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr.,” pahayag ng DFA nitong Lunes, Oktubre 23.

“Such statement was made in his strictly personal capacity,” saad pa nito.

Sa isang burado nang X-post ni Locsin noong Linggo, naglabas ng pahayag si Locsin tungkol sa nagpapatuloy na giyera sa pagitan ng Israel at Palestinian militant group na Hamas, kung saan nagbitiw siya ng salita laban sa Palestinian children.

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“That’s why Palestinian children should be killed; they might grow up to become as gullible as innocent Palestinians letting Hamas launch rockets at Israel; not that they could stop them but that’s no excuse. They are Muslims,” aniya.

Matapos ang isang araw, binura rin naman ni Locsin ang naturang X post at humingi ng tawad sa kaniyang naging pahayag.

“I immediately deleted my sarcastic response to a tweet as I realized it could be misconstrued and retweeted to incite. My apologies to those who did misconstrue my sentiments and did in fact get triggered - I obviously was not advocating for the literal death of anyone, but rather simply for the end of any ideology that condones terrorism in any way, shape or form,” saad niya.