Call for arms embargo on Israel as Gaza’s children face starvation | BBC News

The Spanish government is calling for an international arms embargo on the Israeli government to end the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares told journalists at an international meeting on the crisis in the Spanish capital that "We must all agree on a joint arms embargo" and that "the last thing the Middle East needs right now is weapons." Israeli airstrikes killed 30 Palestinians in the last 24 hours, according to Gaza’s Hamas‑controlled health ministry. Small quantities of aid have entered Gaza but only a small fraction of what is required to prevent mass starvation. There is a desperate need for food, water and medicine, with Gaza’s youngest children the most vulnerable.