The Israeli PM claimed that he had accepted the apology from Vladimir Putin. (File)

The Kremlin on Friday declined to say whether or not President Vladimir Putin had apologised to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett following an assertion from Russia’s overseas minister that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins.

Israel lambasted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the remark, describing the remarks as an “unforgivable” falsehood that minimised the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.

Bennett stated on Thursday that Putin had apologised for the comment, and that he, Bennett, had accepted the apology.

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