The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, explained this Monday that there is “two Spaniards who have suffered from this attack from Gaza to Israel“, an attack that he has called “terrorist.” “We are in contact with their families, trying to clarify and be able to help in any way possible,” the minister said in statements to RAC1.

He did not want to specify whether the two Spaniards affected they’re hurt. “It is information that we are discussing with the families,” she insisted, and has assured that this information is not given for “security” and “out of respect for the families.” “We have their identities“, he detailed in another interview on La Hora de La 1, on RTVE.

Regarding the repatriation of Spaniards who are in Israel, Albares has indicated that since this Sunday “Iberia has begun to resume its flights”, after cancellations occurred “in the hours following” the attack, so he hopes that “a throughout today” the situation of these citizens who were trying to returning to Spain is normalized.

The minister has not given a specific figure, but has assured that there are “quite a few Spaniards because they often visit Israel.” “The teams from the Embassy in Jerusalem are mobilized,” he detailed. Albares explained that “consular services are available” to citizens and that “when there are flight cancellations, they can be redirected to other flights.” “We are at the full disposal of the affected Spaniards,” he said.

Albares, who in recent hours has been in contact with his counterparts in the region, has recognized his “worry“due to the situation on the border between Israel and Lebanon and the possibility that the conflict will extend to this area. For the minister, the priority now is the “immediate cessation of violence, that people held against their will are released and avoid the regional extension of this conflict”.

“I have been talking over the weekend with my counterparts in the region. Especially with the Israeli Foreign Minister and with my Palestinian colleague to try stop violencebut this escalation of violence continues,” he added in the interview on La 1. Likewise, he stated that Israel “has not requested help” from Spain.