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The Spanish government decided to temporarily freeze arms and military technology exports to the Zionist entity over the "Israeli" aggression in the Gaza Strip, the Spanish daily El Pais reported on Monday.

Spain is the second country to announce sanctions over arms sale to "Israel" in the past 24 hours, after Britain said it was reviewing all arms export licenses to Tel Aviv.

A similar move was taken by the British government after the "Israeli" aggression in 2009.

The decision to freeze weapons exports from Spain to "Israel" was reached on Thursday, during a session of the inter-ministerial committee on arms manufacturing.

Committee members include officials from the Prime Minister's Office, Economy Ministry, Foreign Ministry, War Ministry and the Finance Ministry.

Spain provides "Israel" with missile parts, fuses from hand grenades, mortar parts, electro-optical equipment and fire control systems.

Spanish officials told El Pais, however, that the purpose of the move was sending "Israel" a diplomatic signal. The decision will be reviewed again at the next committee session in September.

Source: Haaretz, Edited by website team