Spain has frozen both arms sales and purchases from Israel, the ministry of defence told media on Wednesday. Defence minister, Margarita Robles, confirmed that all contracts for the acquisition of Israeli armaments since 7 October were currently on hold, the El Pais daily reported. Before this announcement, Robles indicated that only the sales of weapons to Israel had ceased following the outbreak of the war on Gaza. However, some existing contracts authorised before 7 October continued without cancellation, El Pais reported. The announcement followed a formal letter from ministers of Spain’s …