King Felipe pleads with Israel to ‘stop massacre and abhorrent acts’ in Gaza

Spain's monarch uses UN speech to attack Israel's actions in Gaza saying we can't keep silent or look the other way'

King Felipe of Spain has begged Israel to stop the massacre" and end its abhorrent acts" in Gaza during an unusually direct and powerful address to the UN general assembly in which he also defended the UN's role in an increasingly frenetic and out of control" world.

Although the monarch was careful not to use the word genocide" - a term already employed by the country's outspoken prime minister, Pedro Sanchez - he said Spain and others were at a loss to understand Israel's actions in Gaza.