The minister criticized the plans of “Intensification of military occupation” From Gaza, emphasizing the urgent need for a permanent ceasefire, the massive flow of humanitarian aid and the liberation of all hostages still detained by the Islamite Hamas group.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares firmly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to occupy the city of Gaza, stressing that the measure will only cause “more destruction and suffering.”
The minister criticized the plans of “Intensification of military occupation” From Gaza, emphasizing the urgent need for a permanent ceasefire, the massive flow of humanitarian aid and the liberation of all hostages still detained by the Islamite Hamas group.
Definitive peace in the region, added Albares in a message published on social networks, will only be achieved with the “establishment of a solution of two states”, that includes a state of Palestine “realistic and viable”.
Israel’s Security Council approved at dawn a Prime Minister’s proposal to militarily occupy the city of Gaza, in the north of the Enclave, in order to “Defeat Hamas”.
Spanish government has been one of Israel’s most critical
Although the plan only determined the occupation of the city of Gaza and not mentioning the rest of the enclave, Benjamin Netanyahu had already claimed that he wanted to extend the operation to the whole track. Israel’s Security Office approved a proposal from the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on the morning, to the military occupation of the city of Gaza in northern Enclave.
The plan, which initially provided for the occupation of the entire Gaza Strip, It was immediately criticized by relatives of Israelite hostages, the Palestinian National Authority and several governments.
This is a new phase of the war ongoing in the Gaza Strip unleashed by the attack in Israel of the extremist group Hamas of October 7, 2023, with a balance of tens of thousands of dead and accusations of genocide.
The Spanish government, led by socialist Pedro Sánchez, has been one of Israel’s most critics since the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian enclave, after the unprecedented attack of Hamas, which made 1,200 dead and about 250 hostages. In May last year, Spain, along with Ireland and Norway, recognized the state of Palestine.
