A woman and a child cry as a little girl lies on a hospital bed waiting for first aid treatment at the al-Awda hospital at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, following an Israeli airstrike that hit a school sheltering Palestinians in the camp on May 19, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Chile has announced the withdrawal of three military attachés serving at the Latin American country's embassy in Tel Aviv, citing the humanitarian catastrophe caused by Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Chilean Foreign Ministry said that the decision, which had been coordinated with the Defense Ministry, was conveyed to Israeli authorities.
It added that the withdrawal of Chilean military attachés from Tel Aviv is due to "the extremely serious humanitarian situation currently experienced by the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip."
It also cited "the disproportionate and indiscriminate military operation by the Israeli army," as well as "constant obstacles to allowing aid" into the besieged Palestinian territory.
Palestine hails Chile’s 'courageous' decision
The Palestinian Presidency praised Chile’s "significant and courageous" decision, saying it reflects global condemnation of ongoing Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
It further called for serious international measures aimed at compelling the occupying entity to cease its bloody onslaught on Gaza and violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East al-Quds.
"Such actions must also ensure compliance with international legitimacy resolutions and international law, which unequivocally prohibit genocide and the killing of Palestinians in the occupied territory, incursions into ... [their] cities .., land theft..., and assaults on Islamic and Christian holy sites," it noted.
Chile's move marks the latest escalation in relations between Santiago and Tel Aviv.
The Latin American country has joined South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the regime's brutal aggression on Gaza.
Israel waged its genocide in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, after the Hamas resistance group carried out its historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for the regime’s intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
So far, the Tel Aviv regime has killed at least 54,084 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 123,308 others, in the besieged territory.
In addition to targeting Gaza's civilian infrastructure, Israel has been deliberately blocking the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged territory and using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
Spain vows to speak out against Israel's war on Gaza
In another development on Wednesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his country will keep raising its voice against Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.
“One year after recognizing the State of Palestine, the pain in Gaza is unbearable. Spain will continue to raise its voice—louder than ever—to put an end to the massacre the world is witnessing today," he wrote in an X post.
