Spain PM first EU leader to call out Gaza 'genocide'

EU finds 'indications' Israel breaching its rights obligations

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez yesterday became the most prominent European leader to describe the situation in Gaza as a “genocide”, as rescuers in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory said Israeli forces killed 56 people.

After more than 20 months of devastating conflict, rights groups say Gaza’s population of more than two million face famine-like conditions.

Israel began allowing supplies to trickle in at the end of May, following a blockade of more than two months, but distribution has been marred by chaotic scenes and near-daily reports of Israeli forces firing on those waiting to collect rations.