Spain calls for 'pressure on Israel to end massacre'

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday called for increased pressure “to halt the massacre in Gaza," speaking at an Arab League summit hours after Israel announced an intensified operation in the besieged Palestinian territory.

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UN chief Antonio Guterres told the Baghdad meeting that “we need a permanent ceasefire, now,” while Egypt's President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to “apply all necessary efforts ... for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.”

“The extremely grave humanitarian crisis Gaza has endured since October 2023 has caused more than 50,000 dead, 100,000 wounded and two million displaced,” said Sanchez, who has sharply criticised the Israeli offensive.