GENEVA

The Spanish foreign minister on Thursday urged an immediate end to the violence in Gaza, as well as to the starvation in the besieged strip, which he describes as famine.

"The violence in Gaza must stop now. The famine, which is also causing deaths, must end now," Jose Manuel Albares said on X. "We demand an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid, which must be delivered urgently and on a large scale. We urge a ceasefire."

Albares condemned the Israeli attacks against civilians as "unacceptable."

"We demand the protection of humanitarian workers and journalists in accordance with the obligations of international humanitarian law," he said. "The path to peace is through a two-state solution."

Israel has killed more than 59,200 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in the Gaza Strip since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, collapsed the health system, and led to severe food shortages.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.