Chairman of the Government, Pedro Sanchez, This opened the door for Spain to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state if other European partners did not commit to coordinated recognition.

At Rafa, the only open border crossing into the sector, the president said “it is time for the international community and especially the EU to take action.” decision to recognize a Palestinian state.”

“It would be worth it and It would be important that we do this together“, he said. “If this does not happen, then, of course, Spain will make its own decisions,” he said.

Sanchez, who was accompanied throughout the tour by the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander Creweonce again demanded that the truce reached by Israel and Hamas be made permanent.

The heads of government of the two countries had the opportunity to learn first-hand how humanitarian aid to Gaza for this stepwhich increased this Friday after the truce came into force.

A Red Crescent spokesman explained the logistical and organizational challenges the whole operation entails. On average, fewer than a hundred trucks enter each day, but with the agreed four-day truce it is expected that number could rise significantly.

This aid first arrives at El Arish Airport, from where it is loaded onto trucks. Total there is 700 trucks are waiting to entermany of them on the side of the road connecting both points along which Sanchez and De Croo drove.

It is here that more than 170 Latino Palestinians and members of their families stranded in Gaza have left in recent weeks. It is also expected that the first 13 hostages of the 50 that Hamas agreed to release in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners could be released in the next few hours.