Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez praised Egypt's central role in securing the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Gaza during a phone call with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on.
“Our position is clear: Gazans need to stay in Gaza. Gaza is part of the future Palestinian state, which needs to be controlled by a single government,” said Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, speaking in Brussels. "As soon as possible, Gaza and the West Bank should be governed by a single national Palestinian authority," he continued.
Several hundred people took to the streets of Santa Cruz de Tenerife this Saturday in a demonstration demanding "concrete and effective measures" against the war in the Gaza Strip, including an end to the arms trade between Spain and Israel.
More than 375,000 Palestinians have made their way back to homes in northern Gaza after 15 months on the run because of war.
The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.
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MADRID, January 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Spain said that the efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), of which Spain is a part, are indispensable with regard to the future of the Gaza Strip.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that the expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip would be “unacceptable” after US President Donald Trump floated a plan to move them to Egypt and Jordan, AFP reports.
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Armed U.S. private security contractors will take up positions inside central Gaza, tasked with inspecting vehicles headed north from southern refugee centers.
An Israeli official says that Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, and five Thai nationals in the next hostage release, slated for Thursday.