Spain announced on Monday it would airlift 12 tons of food into Gaza this week as the starvation crisis is worsening in the Palestinian enclave after 21 months of war, according to Al Arabiya.
Gaza’s Starvation Crisis
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of the outspoken critics of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, told a news conference the aid delivery would take place from Jordan on Friday through Spanish air force planes.
“The famine in Gaza is a shame for all of humanity and stopping it, therefore, is a moral imperative,” Sanchez said.
The Defense Ministry noted that the upcoming airdrops would be similar to another carried out in March 2024, when Spain airlifted 26 tons of food to Gaza.
On Sunday, the Royal Jordanian Air Force and UAE Air Force C-130 aircraft successfully carried out three humanitarian airdrops full of food and basic necessities amid the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
Dozens of Gazans including children have lost their souls due to malnutrition throughout the 21 months of war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Spain Urges UN to Stop Cooperating with Israel
In June, Sanchez called on the European Union to immediately suspend its cooperation deal with Israel.
These remarks represent Sanchez’s strongest condemnation to date after a lot of critical statements against Israel and its genocide in Gaza.
The Spanish PM shed light on a recent human rights report by the EU’s diplomatic service which tackled “the catastrophic situation of genocide unfolding in Gaza.”
Importantly, the report mentioned “indications” that Israel was breaching its human rights obligations under the deal, which forms the basis for trade ties.
Sanchez said it was “more than obvious” that Israel was violating its obligations and that the bloc should suspend the cooperation deal “immediately.”
Furthermore, the report tackled Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid, the high number of civilian casualties, attacks on journalists and the massive displacement and destruction caused by the war.
Sanchez added that “it makes no sense” that the bloc has imposed 18 rounds of sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine but, “in a double standard, is not even capable of suspending an association deal.”
Since the beginning of Hamas-Israel War in Gaza in 2023, the Israeli strikes have killed more than 59,000 Palestinians and wounded over 142,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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