Spain’s Interior Ministry says it is canceling a contract to buy ammunition from an Israeli firm, widening a Spanish pledge not to sell weapons to Israel to include purchases too.
Cadena Ser radio earlier reported that the Guardia Civil police force had agreed to buy more than 15 million 9-mm rounds for six million euros ($6.48 million) from Guardian LTD Israel.
Spain said it would stop arms sales to Israel in October 2023 when Israel’s war with Hamas started in Gaza, after the terror group’s brutal onslaught in southern Israel.
“The Spanish government maintains the commitment not to sell weapons to the Israeli state since the armed conflict broke out in the territory of Gaza,” it says in a statement. “Although in this case it is an acquisition of ammunition, the Interior Ministry has initiated the administrative procedure to cancel the purchase.”
The ministry says Israeli companies will also be excluded from any outstanding tenders.
The contract was tendered in February and awarded on Oct. 21, with two of the three lots awarded to an Israeli company, it adds.
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