diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
index 51bf88313e5b7a..9fad463d936660 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ Element Objects
 
    .. method:: extend(subelements)
 
-      Appends *subelements* from a sequence object with zero or more elements.
+      Appends *subelements* from an iterable of elements.
       Raises :exc:`TypeError` if a subelement is not an :class:`Element`.
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.2
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
index 3d9141fea1ef3e..ebec9d8f18a2f6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -2423,6 +2423,22 @@ def test_39495_treebuilder_start(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, ET.TreeBuilder().start, "tag")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, ET.TreeBuilder().start, "tag", None)
 
+    def test_issue123213_correct_extend_exception(self):
+        # Does not hide the internal exception when extending the element
+        self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError, ET.Element('tag').extend,
+                          (1/0 for i in range(2)))
+
+        # Still raises the TypeError when extending with a non-iterable
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, ET.Element('tag').extend, None)
+
+        # Preserves the TypeError message when extending with a generator
+        def f():
+            raise TypeError("mymessage")
+
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(
+            TypeError, 'mymessage',
+            ET.Element('tag').extend, (f() for i in range(2)))
+
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3748,6 +3764,22 @@ def test_setslice_negative_steps(self):
         e[1::-sys.maxsize<<64] = [ET.Element('d')]
         self.assertEqual(self._subelem_tags(e), ['a0', 'd', 'a2', 'a3'])
 
+    def test_issue123213_setslice_exception(self):
+        e = ET.Element('tag')
+        # Does not hide the internal exception when assigning to the element
+        with self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError):
+            e[:1] = (1/0 for i in range(2))
+
+        # Still raises the TypeError when assigning with a non-iterable
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            e[:1] = None
+
+        # Preserve the original TypeError message when assigning.
+        def f():
+            raise TypeError("mymessage")
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, 'mymessage'):
+            e[:1] = (f() for i in range(2))
 
 class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_encoding(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-22-09-37-48.gh-issue-123213.owmXnP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-22-09-37-48.gh-issue-123213.owmXnP.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6bbd194b916ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-22-09-37-48.gh-issue-123213.owmXnP.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.Element.extend` and
+:class:`~xml.etree.ElementTree.Element` assignment no longer hide the internal
+exception if an erronous generator is passed. Patch by Bar Harel.
diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c
index 3818e20b4f0f28..ec999582d2fb9d 100644
--- a/Modules/_elementtree.c
+++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c
@@ -1213,12 +1213,8 @@ _elementtree_Element_extend_impl(ElementObject *self, PyTypeObject *cls,
     PyObject* seq;
     Py_ssize_t i;
 
-    seq = PySequence_Fast(elements, "");
+    seq = PySequence_Fast(elements, "'elements' must be an iterable");
     if (!seq) {
-        PyErr_Format(
-            PyExc_TypeError,
-            "expected sequence, not \"%.200s\"", Py_TYPE(elements)->tp_name
-            );
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -1918,12 +1914,8 @@ element_ass_subscr(PyObject* self_, PyObject* item, PyObject* value)
         }
 
         /* A new slice is actually being assigned */
-        seq = PySequence_Fast(value, "");
+        seq = PySequence_Fast(value, "assignment expects an iterable");
         if (!seq) {
-            PyErr_Format(
-                PyExc_TypeError,
-                "expected sequence, not \"%.200s\"", Py_TYPE(value)->tp_name
-                );
             return -1;
         }
         newlen = PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(seq);