Spain summons Israeli charge d’affaires for ‘monstrous’ treatment of Gaza flotilla activists

Spain summoned Israel’s charge d’affaires on Wednesday after Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares condemned what he described as the “monstrous,” “inhumane” and “disgraceful” treatment of activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla, Anadolu reports. In a video message shared on the US social media platform X, Albares said: “I have seen a horrific, inhumane and disgraceful video in which members of the flotilla were treated unjustly and humiliatingly by an Israeli minister and the police.” Among them, he noted, were Spanish citizens on the flotilla, calling the incident “deeply alarming.” “I repeat, this treatment is monstrous, it is disgraceful, it is inhumane,” Albares added, demanding “a public apology from Israel.” The Spanish minister said Madrid had urgently summoned the Israeli charge d’affaires […]