<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares summoned the "head of the Israeli Embassy" in Spain this Wednesday following "the intolerable shooting by the Israeli Army during the visit of Spanish diplomats, the EU, and other countries."</strong></h4> "Given the intolerable shooting by the Israeli army during the visit of Spanish, EU, and other diplomats, we summon the head of the Israeli Embassy in Madrid," Albares wrote on social media. "We demand clarity and accountability," he continued. "The diplomats at the Spanish Consulate in Jerusalem have my full support," he concluded. The person summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Israeli chargé d'affaires in Madrid, Dan Poraz, since the ambassador, Rodica Radian-Gordon, was summoned for consultations a year ago by Benjamin Netanyahu's Israeli government in protest at the decision of Pedro Sánchez's government to recognize the Palestinian state. On the other hand, the Spanish Government has "firmly" condemned the actions of the Israeli Armed Forces, "who opened fire today during a visit to the Jenin refugee camp by a delegation of diplomatic representatives from several countries, including Spain." "We demand an immediate and transparent investigation into this extremely serious incident, and that Israel, as the occupying power, respect international law, as well as its obligation to protect diplomatic agents," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs added in a statement. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs "is investigating everything that happened," sources from the Department told <em>The Diplomat</em>. The same sources confirmed that a Spaniard, a member of the Consulate General in Jerusalem (which handles relations with the Palestinian Authority), "was traveling with the delegation and is doing well," and that Spain remains "in contact with other affected countries to jointly coordinate a response to what happened, which we strongly condemn." The Israeli army fired on a delegation of diplomats from Europe and Arab countries on Wednesday as it attempted to visit a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin. "According to the initial investigation, the delegation deviated from the approved route and entered an area where its presence was not authorized," the Israeli army said in a statement. "Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers operating in the area fired warning shots to force them to move away," with no injuries or casualties reported, the Israeli army added. It "regrets the inconvenience caused" and stated that the commander of the West Bank division, Brigadier General Yaki Dolf, has opened an internal investigation. For its part, the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which organized the delegation's visit, reported that the delegation consisted of 30 diplomats and denounced the shooting as intended to "intimidate" the diplomats. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas has demanded that Israel investigate this incident and "hold those responsible accountable." "Any threat to the lives of diplomats is unacceptable," she warned during a press conference. Kallas also stated that the shots, even if they were "warning shots," were still "shots" and recalled that Israel, as a state party to the Vienna Convention, has an "obligation" to guarantee the safety of all foreign diplomatic personnel. <div class="lRu31" dir="ltr"> <span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">In addition to Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy also summoned Israeli ambassadors to clarify the military's shooting of the diplomatic delegation in Jenin.</span></span></span> <div class="OvtS8d"></div> <div id="ow215"></div> </div> <div class="UdTY9 WdefRb" aria-hidden="true" data-location="2"></div>
