Spain has been one of Israel’s loudest critics since the Gaza war began in October 2023. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez even called for a global arms moratorium. Yet Centre Delas, a Barcelona-based think tank, revealed in April 2025 that the Spanish government had awarded 46 contracts totaling $1.2 billion to Israeli arms manufacturers since the war began.

Among them: 12 PULS rocket launchers from Elbit Systems, 64 Predator Hawk missiles, and 168 additional missiles from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Contracts also went to Netline Communications Technologies and Guardian Homeland Security.

In February 2025, the German army bought Elbit’s PULS rocket launcher artillery systems in a $57 million deal. Two months later, Germany’s Defense Ministry announced it was procuring loitering munitions—commonly known as suicide drones—from Israeli firms UVision and Israel Aerospace Industries.