The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, referred to as on the worldwide group to halt arms gross sales to Israel, whereas he condemned the nation’s latest assault on the U.N. peacekeeping troops in Lebanon.
Israeli forces fired at an commentary submit utilized by U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Friday, injuring two, a U.N. supply stated, the third day in a row peacekeepers have reported Israeli fireplace at their positions as Israel wages battle on Hezbollah.
None of the Spanish troopers who have been a part of the mission have been hit, the Spanish Defense Ministry stated Friday.
Spain has deployed 650 peacekeepers in Lebanon and a Spanish common leads the mission.
“Let me at this point criticize and condemn the attacks that the Israeli armed forces are carrying out on the United Nations mission in Lebanon,” Sanchez, whose nation has been crucial of Israel within the latest escalation of the battle within the Middle East, stated after assembly Pope Francis on the Vatican.
Sanchez stated Spain stopped promoting weapons to Israel in October 2023 and urged the remainder of the world to do the identical to stop additional escalation within the area.
“I think it is urgent given what is happening in the Middle East that the international community stops exporting weapons to the Israeli government,” he stated.
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