Madrid, May 16 -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called Israel a "genocidal state" and said Spain "does not do business" with it.

During a parliamentary question-and-answer session in Madrid on 14 May, Sanchez responded to criticism from Catalan MP Gabriel Rufian, who accused him of keeping trade relations with Israel amid the Gaza Strip conflict, the Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

"I want to make one thing clear here, Mr Rufian. We do not do business with a genocidal state - we do not," Sanchez emphasised.

"I believe that the other day, from this platform, I explained precisely what we were referring to, when certain things were mentioned that do not correspond to the truth," he added

According to reports, It was Sanchez's f...