MADRID, January 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Spain said that the efforts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), of which Spain is a part, are indispensable with regard to the future of the Gaza Strip.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday welcomed news of a ceasefire deal in the Israeli war on Gaza, saying it "is crucial to achieving regional stability."

Madrid: Chairperson of National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) H E Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah, who is also President of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, H E Jose Manuel Albares in Madrid.

Twenty foreign repeat offenders expelled from Spain, govt deactivates app meant to correct gender imbalance in household chores, PM welcomes Gaza ceasefire and more news from Spain on Thursday January 16th.

The mother of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, has reportedly died of a heart attack as Israel has refused to provide updates on the condition of the doctor as they hold him hostage in Israel’s most notorious torture camp for Palestinian detainees.

HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani discussed bilateral relations and international developments,

Waiting for news this week of whether a ceasefire deal between Hamas and the Israeli government must have been agonising for the people of Gaza and for the families of hostages taken in the attack of October 7. All week the talk was that a deal was in the very final stages of negotiation. It would be soon, we were told.

Demonstrators in Madrid protested the arrival of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team ahead of their Euroleague game against Real Madrid.

Once the guns fell silent, Palestinians celebrated in the streets of Gaza while Israelis streamed into Tel Aviv’s “Hostages Square” to await their return.

Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza killed at least 17 people late Tuesday, nearly all of them women or children, the territory’s Health Ministry and hospital officials said.

The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory.