Israeli snipers accused of attacking fleeing civilians in Gaza

Spain PM rejects ‘double standards’ on Gaza

FE Team | Published: July 11, 2024 21:55:24

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Agencies): Several civilians in Gaza City say people were shot dead by snipers after the Israeli military issued a new evacuation order and told Palestinians to head south as it steps up its offensive across the enclave.
The attacks reportedly took place as civilians evacuated a number of neighbourhoods in Gaza City, having been ordered to leave on Wednesday, even as mediators from Qatar, the United States and Egypt were meeting with Israeli officials in Doha for talks seeking a ceasefire. One man told Al Jazeera he was sitting near Yarmouk stadium when he saw an Israeli sniper shoot a man on a bicycle carrying canned food. "The sniper shot him directly," he said.
Meanwhile, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday urged the West to reject "double standards" regarding the conflict in Gaza as he joined NATO leaders in supporting Ukraine.
Spain under Sanchez has infuriated Israel's right-wing government by recognising a Palestinian state and criticizing Israel's conduct of its war against Hamas.
"If we are telling our people that we are supporting Ukraine because we are defending the international law, this is the same to what we have to do towards Gaza," he said at NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington.