<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>The Spanish government has condemned the attack carried out this Monday by the Israeli armed forces against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and has demanded that Israel comply with international law and the ceasefire agreement reached in November 2024.</strong></h4> “The Spanish government reiterates its firm condemnation of the continued and unacceptable Israeli attacks against UNIFIL positions, the latest of which once again threatened the physical integrity of the Spanish contingent, in a series of actions that represents a serious escalation against UNIFIL personnel and infrastructure,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a press release on Tuesday, January 13. “The Spanish government urges Israel to respect peacekeeping forces and to comply with its obligations under international law and with the ceasefire agreement reached in November 2024,” it continued. “Spain reiterates its commitment to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and stability of Lebanon and to the full implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701, reaffirming its support for UNIFIL’s mandate, whose work is essential for achieving these objectives,” the statement concluded. In a statement released Monday, UNIFIL reported that peacekeepers had attempted to stop two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tanks near Sarda, in southern Lebanon, as they were heading inland. After demanding they halt their incursion, one of the tanks “fired three shells from its main gun, with two impacts approximately 150 meters away from the peacekeepers.” “Fortunately, no one was hurt,” the statement added. According to UNIFIL, attacks of this kind against “identifiable peacekeepers performing tasks under Security Council resolution 1701” are becoming commonplace and constitute “a serious violation of resolution 1701.” The Israeli army has rejected these accusations and asserted on Tuesday that the military had bombed “Hezbollah terrorist group infrastructure” in the vicinity of the town of Jiam and that “no UNIFIL personnel were identified near the scene at the time of the attack.”
