Her prime minister Spaintalked in a harsh language against Israelstressing that they may have agreed in peace with Hamas, but those in Gaza in Gaza should be held accountable.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday 14.10.2025 that the truce deal, which was concluded between Israel and Hamas, should not be synonymous with “oblivion” and that “the main perpetrators of genocide” in the Gauze They should be held accountable for their actions before justice.
“Peace cannot mean oblivion, it cannot mean impunity,” the socialist leader said in an interview with Spanish radio station Cadena Ser today.
When asked about his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, he said: “The persons who were the main perpetrators of the genocide committed in Gaza (…) should be held in front of justice and therefore cannot be impunity.”
Spain, one of the most critical European voices about Israeli actions in Gaza, had already announced in September that the Spanish prosecutor’s office was to investigate the “serious violations” of human rights, committed in the Gaza Strip to cooperate with the Gaza Criminal court (ID).
The prosecutor of the ICC has issued arrest warrants against him Benjamin Netanyahu and the former Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galland as suspects of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Spain is also one of the countries involved in the procedure launched by South Africa before the International Court – a court different from the ICC – and in which Israel is accused of committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
Pedro Sanchez, who participated in Monday 13.10.2025 in Egypt At the Gaza Summit, he also said that the embargo on weapons or destination in Israel, which was adopted last week by Spanish MPs, remains in force.
“We will maintain this embargo until this whole process is stabilized and permanently oriented towards peace,” he explained.
After all, the measures he had taken in early September to “Stop Genocide in Gaza (…) remain in force”, He still said.
‘We are in a ceasefire. Consequently, what we have to do is, is to stabilize This ceasefire and lead it to a peace process, “added the prime minister, who also opened the door to Spain’s involvement in a possible mission to guarantee peace in Gaza.
‘If this is to be done, Spain wishes to be present and to have active participationnot only in reconstructionbut also on this horizon of peace, “he said.