Overview
- Pedro Sánchez told parliament that Israel seeks to bring to Lebanon the same scale of ruin seen in Gaza and he labeled recent U.S.–Israeli strikes in Iran unjustifiable.
- Israel is striking targets across Lebanon, with reported plans to seize territory up to 30 kilometers inside the south, drawing warnings from Canada on sovereignty and from France on civilian harm.
- Israel’s defense minister said forces are following the Gaza playbook used in Rafah and Beit Hanoon, while finance minister Bezalel Smotrich urged annexing southern Lebanon.
- Sánchez said the Iran war is hitting family budgets worldwide and cited a roughly €100 billion slide in Spanish blue-chip market value, with his government moving to cut fuel and power taxes and offer targeted fuel aid.
- Spain has hardened its stance with a law that permanently bans arms and dual‑use sales to Israel and by pulling its ambassador, as UN investigators and leading scholars have said the Gaza campaign meets the legal definition of genocide.