Spain declared a long-pledged total arms embargo with Israel towards the end of September, but the suspension of these imports is presenting difficulties.

Madrid mainly bought ammunition, rocket launchers, anti-tank missiles, tank radios and transmission systems from Israel but cancelling these deals comes with a hefty price tag.

The cost of cancelling the various contracts is estimated at €1.2 billion. The Silam rocket launcher contract was worth €700 million and the Spike anti-tank missile contract was worth €287 million.

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The termination of these contracts with Israel poses problems for the armed forces that use this equipment.

"The main damage is not to exports to Israel, but to the contracts that Spanish industry has signe

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