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Spain has banned ships and aircraft carrying weapons to Israel from entering its ports or airspace, citing its opposition to Israel's military actions in Gaza, and has also imposed entry bans on individuals involved in what it calls 'genocide' in Gaza, leading to diplomatic tensions with Israel.
Despite being widely banned by many countries, the Biden administration has decided to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, a move that has sparked controversy. Cluster munitions are known to cause indiscriminate harm to civilians, particularly children, long after the fighting ends. President Biden faced the difficult choice of either letting Ukrainian forces run out of necessary artillery rounds or providing them with these banned weapons.