Germany says it will not support suspension of EU-Israel relations over Gaza

Germany does not support calls to suspend a pact governing Israel's relations with the European Union, a government official said on Monday, highlighting divisions within the bloc.

Spain's foreign minister said earlier on Monday he would ask the EU council to approve an immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association agreement in protest over what he called human rights violations in Gaza.

The bloc's diplomatic service also said on Friday that Israel may have breached its human rights obligations in Gaza and the West Bank under the deal. Israel rejected that report as a "moral and methodological failure". 

"Our position is very clear - we do not support either a suspension or a partial suspension," the official said at a German government briefing.

- Reporting by Reuters