By: Web Desk
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip was “producing results” and should continue.
“We have seen over the last week the very positive development of hostages coming home, being reunited with their families,” he said at a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv. “It’s also enabled an increase in humanitarian assistance to go to innocent civilians in Gaza who need it desperately. So this process is producing results. It’s important, and we hope that it can continue.”
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday that, given the number of casualties among civilians in Gaza, he doubts Israel is respecting the international humanitarian law as he reiterated that military action in the strip is not acceptable.
Last week, similar comments by Sanchez and his Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo in the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing angered Israel, whose Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said the remarks repeated “false claims” and “gave terrorism a boost”. Cohen then said he summoned the ambassadors of both countries.
“The footage we are seeing and the growing numbers of children dying, I have serious doubt (Israel) is complying with international humanitarian law,” he said in an interview with Spanish state-owned broadcaster TVE.
“What we are seeing in Gaza is not acceptable,” he added.
