Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated Tuesday the truce between Hamas and Israel should not come on the expense of holding accountable these accountable for the “genocide” in Gaza.
“Peace can’t imply forgetting; it can’t imply impunity,” the Socialist premier stated throughout an interview with Cadena Ser radio.
“Those who had been key actors within the genocide perpetrated in Gaza should reply to justice, there may be no impunity,” he added when requested about the potential for authorized proceedings in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Spain, one of the vocal critics in Europe of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, introduced in September that its prosecutor would examine “severe violations” of human rights within the Palestinian territory in coordination with the International Criminal Court.
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The court docket has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israel’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant.
Sánchez, who attended a peace summit on Gaza in Egypt on Monday, reaffirmed that Spain’s arms embargo on shipments to and from Israel stays in place.
“We will keep this embargo till the method is consolidated and definitively strikes in the direction of peace,” he stated.
Sánchez additionally advised Spain might participate in future efforts to safe peace and assist reconstruction in Gaza.
The battle in Gaza was triggered by an unprecedented cross-border assault by Hamas into Israel on October 7, 2023, which resulted within the dying of 1,219 folks, principally civilians, in line with an AFP tally of official Israeli figures, in addition to the kidnapping of 251 hostages.
Israel’s marketing campaign in Gaza has killed at the least 67,869 folks, principally civilians, in line with figures from the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory that the United Nations considers dependable.
