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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Spain scraps €6.6m arms order from Israeli company after outcry

Pedro Sánchez gesturing while speaking
Pedro Sánchez has been one of the fiercest critics of Israel’s conduct during the war in Gaza. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters

Spain has scrapped a €6.6m (£5.7m) order for millions of bullets from an Israeli company after the junior partners in its coalition government denounced it as a “flagrant breach” of the alliance agreement that jeopardised the country’s sustained efforts to hold Israel accountable for its actions in Gaza.

The country’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has been one of the most outspoken critics of Israel’s conduct during the war in Gaza, questioning whether it is following international humanitarian law and calling the number of Palestinian deaths “truly unbearable”.

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