The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has accused Israel of “once again violating international law” by detaining the aid flotilla headed for Gaza in international waters, reports Anadolu.

“Israel is again violating international law by attacking a civilian flotilla in waters that do not belong to it,” Sanchez said on the American social network X.

He said the Spanish government is doing “everything necessary” to protect and helped its citizens detained in this incident.

According to sources from the Spanish Foreign Ministry, about 30 Spanish citizens were among those detained and that about 20 of them live in Catalonia.

Sanchez said that further steps are needed at the European level.

“The EU must now suspend the association agreement and demand that Netanyahu respect the law of our seas”, he emphasized.

The Ministry Israel’s Foreign Ministry said its naval forces stopped and seized more than 20 ships of the Sumud Global Flotilla in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea and detained around 175 activists on board. The attack took place near the Greek island of Crete, hundreds of nautical miles (more than 1,000 kilometers) from Israel.

The flotilla, carrying humanitarian aid, set out two weeks ago from the Italian island of Sicily, with a total of 58 ships aiming to break Israel’s years-long blockade of Gaza.

Israel has imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2007, leaving the population of 2.4 million on the brink of starvation.

The Israeli army launched a two-year offensive in Gaza in October 2023, killing more than 72,000 people, injuring over 172,000 and causing widespread destruction in the territory.

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