Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez confirmed that his country will not sell weapons to Israel as long as it continues its war on the Gaza Strip.

This came in a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, USA, on Friday.

Albarez pointed out that Spain did not grant any new license to sell weapons to Israel after last October 7, adding: “We will not sell weapons to Israel as long as the current situation continues.”

He stressed that Spain announced its intention to provide financial funding worth 3.5 million euros for the benefit of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Since last October 7, Israel, which is on trial before the International Justice Commission on charges of committing “genocide” against the Palestinians, has been waging a devastating war on Gaza that, as of Friday, has left “29,514 killed and 69,616 injured, most of them children and women,” in addition to thousands. Missing people under the rubble, according to the Palestinian authorities.