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Spain warns Israel that ICJ precautionary measures in Gaza are “mandatory”

The Spanish socialist government Pedro Sanches reported this Saturday Israel that the precautionary measures issued by the International Court of Justice (CIJ) are “mandatory” and demanded compliance, said its Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The precautionary measures of the ICJincluding the cessation of the offensive Israel in RafaAre mandatory. We demand your application“, he wrote José Manuel Albares on social network X.

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“Also the ceasefire, the release of hostages and the humanitarian access. “The suffering of Gazans and the violence must end”he added.

In response to a request for South Africathe highest judicial body in the UN ordered this Friday for Israel stop its operation in Rafa and any other action that causes “physical destruction, total or partial” of the Palestinian people in Link.

The court, whose decisions are binding even if it does not have the means to implement them, also asked the Islamic movement Hamas the immediate release of all hostages taken in the October 7th attack on Israel.

Spain is one of the European countries most critical of Israel since the current conflict broke out in Link.

The Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu This week he called his ambassador in Madrid for the recognition of the Palestinian State Madridwhich as advertised Sanchez It will come into force on May 28th.

In the last diplomatic friction, Israel announced on Friday its decision to “cut the connection between the Spanish diplomatic representation in Israel and the Palestinians”, after a comment that considered “anti semitic”from number three of the Spanish Government, Yolanda Diaz.

The current conflict broke out on October 7, when Islamic commandos killed more than 1,170 peoplemostly civilians, in southern Israel, according to an AFP report based on official Israeli data.

They also kidnapped 252 people, of whom Israel says 121 remain captive in Link and 37 would have died.

In response to the October attack, Israel launched an offensive against the Gaza Strip, in which more than 35,800 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have died so far, according to the Ministry of Health of the government of Hamas.

Source: Elcomercio

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