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Monday, August 25, 2025
UK, Spain foreign ministers lead condemnation of hospital strikes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
British Foreign Minister David Lammy says he is “horrified” by Israel’s strikes on a Gaza hospital this morning, after officials in the Strip’s Hamas-controlled administration reported 20 people killed, including five journalists.
“Horrified by Israel’s attack on Nasser hospital. Civilians, healthcare workers and journalists must be protected. We need an immediate ceasefire,” writes Lammy on X.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares also condemns Israel’s strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
“The Israeli attack today against a hospital in Gaza and against journalists, the deaths it has caused, the induced famine, all of these are extremely serious violations of international humanitarian law,” Albares writes in a Spanish-language post on X, referencing allegations of widespread starvation in Gaza.
“The war in Gaza must end now. Spain works every day for that,” adds the minister.
In June, Albares asked the European Union Council to approve an immediate suspension of the pact that governs the bloc’s ties with Israel over what he called human rights violations in Gaza, and said he would also seek approval for an embargo on weapons sold to Israel and sanctions on individuals working against the two-state solution.
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