Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Spain's removal from the military coordination center in Kiryat Gat, stating: "The State of Israel will not remain silent in the face of those who attack us. Spain has defamed our heroes, IDF soldiers, soldiers of the most moral army in the world, and therefore I instructed to remove its representatives from the coordination center, after it chose time and again to stand against Israel. Those who attack the State of Israel instead of terror regimes will not be our partner regarding the future of the region. I am not willing to tolerate this hypocrisy and this hostility. I do not intend to allow any country to wage a political war against us without paying an immediate price for it."