Spain condemns ‘unacceptable’ escalation of violence in occupied West Bank

Spain on Sunday condemned the escalating violence in the occupied West Bank, criticizing illegal Israeli settlers’ impunity, the killing of civilians, and attacks on mosques, Anadolu reports. The statement came after Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian family traveling in a car, including a husband, wife, and two children aged five and seven. Two other children were injured in the incident but survived. The Foreign Ministry expressed its “deep consternation and condemnation over the deaths.” Spain also expressed strong concern over attacks on places of worship in the West Bank, most recently the assault on the Duma mosque. Violence in the West Bank has increased since Feb. 28, when the joint Israeli and US operation against Iran began, the […]