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‘Indiscriminate killings’ occur in Gaza: Spain; Israel is angry

  • November 24, 2023
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Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez condemns the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians In Gaza, Israel responded by saying the statements encouraged terrorism. While visiting the Rafah border in

‘Indiscriminate killings’ occur in Gaza: Spain;  Israel is angry

Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez condemns the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians In Gaza, Israel responded by saying the statements encouraged terrorism.

While visiting the Rafah border in the Gaza Strip with his colleague Belgian Alexander De Croo Sanchez too called for a ceasefire durable humanitarian reverse the catastrophic situation what the people of the Gaza Strip are going through.”

The indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians, including thousands of children, is completely unacceptable.

De Croo and Sanchez during a visit to the Rafah border. Photo: Reuters

Foreign Secretary Israel, Eli Cohen, later released a statement accusing Sanchez and De Croo of making “false claims” that “They give wings to terrorism” and said he had summoned the Spanish and Belgian ambassadors to explain his comments.

Spain rejects ‘false and unacceptable’ accusations from Israel

Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation Minister José Manuel Albarez called Israel’s accusations against Pedro Sanchez and De Croo “false and unacceptable.”

“We categorically reject them. On the part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we are analyzing the timely response that we are going to give and there will be a response to these false, inappropriate and unacceptable accusations,” Albarez said in an official statement released to the media.

According to the Spanish minister, Israel’s accusations are ‘particularly serious’ because Sánchez “represents the current EU presidency” and De Croo will take over from 1 January.

The foreign policy chief added that the Spanish government will “always raise its voice” to “protect so many Palestinian civilians,” including “an unbearable number of victims, including boys and girls.”

The Spanish government has summoned the Israeli ambassador to Madrid over allegations against Sanchez.

The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs convened Israeli Ambassador to Madrid Following the accusations made by this country against the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, they confirmed EFE diplomatic sources.

The call came in response to a gesture from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Israel summoning the ambassadors of Spain and Belgium statements by the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, in Egypt, which Israel considers “support for terrorism.”

Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also weighed in, saying the two European leaders had failed to highlight what he called Hamas’ crimes.

“Prime Minister (Binyamin) Netanyahu strongly condemns the comments of the leaders of Belgium and Spain that they have not taken full responsibility for crimes against humanity committed by Hamas, which has killed our citizens and used Palestinians as human shields,” the statement reads. statement from Netanyahu’s office. .

The incident occurred shortly before Hamas on Friday released 24 hostages on the first day of the first Gaza truce, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers. The truce marked the first break in fighting in seven weeks.

A day earlier, Sanchez visited Israel and met in Ramallah with Netanyahu, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and raised the idea of ​​holding an international peace conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Reuters)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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