Spain says ‘unacceptable’ for Israel to continue Lebanon campaign

By AFP 8 April 2026, 11:26 am

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Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares attends the opening day of the Doha Forum, an annual diplomatic conference, in Doha on December 6, 2025. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)

Spain’s foreign minister says it is “unacceptable” that Israel is continuing its ground campaign in Lebanon after the United States and Iran agreed on a two-week ceasefire to halt the regional war.

“All fronts must cease, and all fronts also means Lebanon. It is unacceptable that Israel’s war, Israel’s invasion of a sovereign country like Lebanon… continues,” Jose Manuel Albares tells public radio RNE.

Israeli forces entered Lebanon to drive away Hezbollah after the terror group began launching attacks on Israel in response to the war with Iran.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed the US-Iran ceasefire as “good news” on X but said Spain would not “applaud those who set fire to the world because they show up with a bucket.”