Later in the day, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expressed Italy\u2019s solidarity with Lebanon regarding \u201cunjustified and unacceptable attacks it is suffering from Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to prevent a second Gaza,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Italy summoned the Israeli ambassador \u2014 a diplomatic move used to express extreme dissatisfaction \u2014 to explain the incident. That option is no longer available to Spain, as Israel has already withdrawn its ambassador from Madrid, with the Spanish government following suit last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s diplomatic representation in Spain\u00a0is handled by its charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires,\u00a0Dana Elrich,\u00a0a lower-ranking official.\u00a0The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Elrich \u201cto protest the unjustifiable detention of a Spanish soldier from UNIFIL by the Israeli army.\u201d<\/p>\n On Tuesday, the United Nations Force for Lebanon (UNIFIL) said<\/a> that the Israel\u00a0Defense\u00a0Forces\u00a0detained\u00a0a peacekeeper \u2014 later confirmed<\/a> by Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles to be a Spaniard \u2014 after \u201cblocking a logistics convoy.\u201d\u00a0The\u00a0UN\u00a0mission\u00a0added\u00a0the\u00a0individual\u00a0was released\u00a0\u201cin less than\u00a0an hour,\u201d\u00a0but\u00a0that \u201cany detention of a United Nations peacekeeper is a blatant violation of international law.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n